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Louis Du Bourdieu


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
Date of Birth15.6.1804 - Fort-de-France ref:631
First Known Service11.1817ref:631
A.K.A.Louis Thomas Napoléon Du Bourdieuref:631
Father
Bernard DubourdieuFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1801
ref:631
WifeLouise Rose Hortense Sènes - Married 21.4.1829, Toulon ref:631
Brother
Clément Paul Bernard Du BourdieuFrench
Administrator
Service 1805-1854
ref:631
Brother-in-law
Pierre JanninFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1818-1864
ref:631
Brother-in-law
Gustave Honoré TrabaudFrench
Administrator
Service 1872
ref:631
Last Known Service1850ref:631
Date of Death28.6.1857 - Toulon ref:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
  Appointed Chevalier l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louisref:631
11.1817 Appointed Elève au Collège Royal d'Angoulèmeref:673
1820 Élève de Seconde Classeref:673
1821 
Fleur de Lys (44) 1812-1833
French 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1814 Renamed "Fleur de Lys"
1815 Renamed "Dryade"
1815 Renamed "Fleur de Lys"
1830 Renamed "Resolue"
, Élève de Seconde Classe
ref:673
10.1822 Élève de Première Classeref:673
10.18229.1823
La Guerriére (58) 1821-1840
French 58 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
, Élève de Première Classe
ref:673
10.1823c.1824
La Vénus (58) 1823-1847
French 58 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
1846 Renamed "Utile"
, Élève de Première Classe
ref:673
1825 Enseigne de VaisseauFWIKI
27.10.1827 Embarked as second to the brig "Alcyon" , which was part of Admiral de Rigny's squadron , Dubourdieu fought valiantly at Navarin on October 20, 1827 and , after his vessel boarded by "Breslau" de Botherel de la Bretonnière , at the left leg crushed by a cannonball and must be amputated . Made a knight of Saint-Louis , he survived his injury and could be put into gear after long months of suffering .ref:631
12.1827 Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:673
c.1828 
Provence (74) 1815-1881
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1815 Renamed "Hercule"
1815 Renamed "Provence"
1830 Renamed "Alger"
, Lieutenant de Vaisseau
ref:673
18291831He took command of the "Alcyon" in 1829 and in 1831 that of "Robuste" in the Mediterranean .ref:673
1831 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
11.1831 Capitaine de Corvetteref:673
aft.11.1831 
L'Alacrity (20) 1825-1851
French 20 Gun
Unrated Brig
, Capitaine de Corvette, and Commanding Officer
ref:673
9.1840 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:673
18421844He commanded the Antilles station on the frigate "Calypso" .FWIKI
18421844Appointed Commandant de la Division Navale at Caribbean Sea

des Antilles

FWIKI
18441846
Alger (74) 1815-1881
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1815 Renamed "Hercule"
1815 Renamed "Provence"
1830 Renamed "Alger"
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer in Evolutions Squadron
ref:673
1846 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
11.18477.7.1848Appointed Commandant de la Marine at Algiers

by interim

ref:673
7.7.1848 Contre-AmiralFWIKI
7.7.184812.1849Appointed Commandant de la Marine at Algiersref:673
1.1850 
Le Valmy (120) 1847-1891
French 120 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1863 Renamed "Borda"
, as Flag Officer, Contre-Amiral,
ref:673
1.18501851Placed at the head of a division of the Mediterranean squadron in 1850 , which he commanded as acting chief : flag on the "Valmy" then "Gomer" then "Henry IV" . Responsible for obtaining satisfaction for acts of piracy committed on the coasts of Morocco , he bombarded Salé .ref:673
11.1851 
Le Henri IV (100) 1848-1854
French 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Contre-Amiral,
ref:673
26.11.185127.11.1851Commanded the French Division at the Bombardment of Salé 
26.11.185127.11.1851Commander-in-Chief at the Bombardment of Salé 
15.12.1851 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'HonneurFWIKI
2.1852 Appointed Baron de l'Empire Du Bourdieuref:631
3.2.1852 Vice-AmiralFWIKI
7.185328.6.1857Appointed Préfet Maritime at ToulonFWIKI
9.18549.1855Siege of Sevastopol 
12.6.185628.6.1857Appointed Sénateur d'EmpireFWIKI

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