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Pierre Bouvet de MaisonneuveSaint-Benoît, Réunion, 1775 - Saint-Servan (Saint-Malo) 1860French admiral. (Wikipedia) |
Pierre Ogé fils
Thiébaut (Paris) 1900 |
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hommage des servannais a l'amiral BOUVET — 1900 |
amiral grand officier de la legion d'honneur député d'ille et vilaine — 1775-1860 — |
mozambique juillet 1810 — grand-port aout 1810 — africaine septembre 1810 — amélia février 1813 — |
Signed: Pierre Ogé sculp.
thiébaut frères Fondeurs / Paris
He took part in the Battle of Mozambique on 3 July 1810, and in the Battle of Grand Port on 20 August 1810, where he assumed command of the French squadron, Duperré having been wounded.
On 12 September 1810, as Bouvet cruised off Mauritius with Iphigénie and Astrée in an attempt to capture HMS Boadicea, he encountered HMS Africaine. A night battle ensued, during which Africaine was captured. Her poor shape meant that she was abandoned by the French, and recaptured the next day by Boadicea.
Fight of the French frigate Aréthuse against the English frigate Amélia on the shores of Guinea, the 7th of February 1813
After a leave of a few months, Bouvet sailed again on Aréthuse. On 6 February 1813, as she sailed with Rubis, Aréthuse met the 38-gun HMS Amelia. A furious night battle followed; neither ship was able to take the upper hand on her opponent, so Aréthuse and Amelia parted.
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