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Jacques Bergeret


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth19.5.1771 - Bayonne ref:631
First Known Service1783ref:631
Father-in-Law
Michel BéhicFrench
Ship Owner
Privateer
Administrator
Service 1780-1795
ref:631
WifeMarie Alexis Béhic - Married 22.1.1810, Morlaix ref:631
Last Known Service1852ref:631
Date of Death29.8.1857 - Paris ref:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
c.1783 Began to sail commercially at the age of 12 , traveling the seas...ref:631
4.1793 Enseigne de Vaisseauref:631
4.1793 
L'Andromaque (32) 1777-1796
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Enseigne de Vaisseau
ref:631
bef.6.17953.1796
La Virginie (44) 1794-1796
French 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate (Frégate)
, Capitaine de Frégate, and Commanding Officer , rank ?
ref:631
3.1796 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:631
3.179620.4.1796
La Virginie (44) 1794-1796
French 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate (Frégate)
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:631
20.4.1796 Action of 1796-04-20 
17991800
Dix Août (74) 1795-1806
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1803 Renamed "Brave"
1798 Renamed "Dix Août"
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:631
18001804He then left the service for trade, fitting out ships for the Indian Ocean . He was reinstated in 1804 .ref:631
6.180414.2.1805
La Psyche (36) 1804-1805
French 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Capitaine de Frégate, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
13.2.1805 Action of 1805-02-13 
1808 He was released in 1808 .ref:631
1.1809 Commanding a division at Rochefort , he received the order to join Willaumez but refused to set sail given the very poor condition of his vessels .He is disgraced...ref:631
17.2.1809 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
1814 He commanded the "Gloire" then the "Escaut" .ref:631
1814 
La Gloire (44) 1811-1822
French 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:631
18.8.1814 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
18.8.1814 Appointed Chevalier l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louisref:631
1817 In 1817 , with the "Sentinelle" , he revised the hydrography of the landfalls of Brest .ref:631
1818 He commanded the "Hector" and a division . He regains possession of Guyana restored to France by the treaties of Vienna . He then commands several vessels in Brest .ref:631
1.1819 Contre-Amiralref:631
18211823Appointed Commandant de la Division Navale

des Antilles

ref:631
28.4.1821 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
1823 Appointed Commandant de la Marine at Brest

by interim

ref:631
18241828Appointed Commandant de la Division Navale

des Antilles

ref:631
22.5.1825 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
1.3.1831 Vice-Amiralref:631
10.1832 Appointed Préfet Maritime at Brestref:631
1834 Appointed Membre du Conseil d'Amirautéref:631
6.1841 Retired from active service .ref:631
21.12.1841 Appointed Pair de Franceref:631
25.4.1847 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
1852 Appointed Sénateurref:631

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