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Pierre Raby des Genets


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
Date of Birthc.1730ref:673
First Known Service13.10.1749ref:673
Father-in-Lawref:673
WifeAnne Pélagie Françoise Le Veil de Beaumont - Married 19.1.1757ref:673
Last Known Service15.11.1766ref:673
Date of Deathc.15.11.1766 - in the night of 15 to 16, Saint-Domingue ref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
13.10.1749 Appointed Commis de la Marineref:673
31.8.1752 Appointed Membre Adjoint de l’Académie de Marineref:673
20.10.1752 Appointed Ecrivain Ordinaire de la Marineref:673
8.1754 He was assigned to Rochefort , employed in the general store , for all questions relating to the artillery .ref:673
10.1754 He is appointed to Brest , to the office of naval constructions and refits .ref:673
4.175512.1755
L'Héroine (26) 1752-1779
French 26 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Ecrivain
ref:673
10.6.1756 He was assigned to the Class Office in Brest .ref:673
1.175711.1757
Le Belliqueux (64) 1756-1758
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ecrivain
ref:673
8.175710.1757Louisbourg Expedition 
19.8.175726.9.1757He participated in the defense of Louisbourg against the attacks of the English Vice-Admiral Holburne (August 19-20 , September 16-26 , 1757) .ref:673
9.4.1758 He was assigned to the Troops Office in Brest .ref:673
5.175912.1759
Le Magnifique (74) 1749-1782
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ecrivain
ref:673
20.11.1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay 
1.2.1760 He was assigned to the wood revenue office in Brest .ref:673
25.5.1761 He is seconded to Quiberon to the Duke d'Aiguillon , Governor of Brittany , to assist in operations intended to rescue Belle Ile , besieged by the English .He succeeded in getting dispatches to the besieged using light boats , indiscernible .After the capture of the place by the English he was sent in October 1761 to the south of Brittany to charter there and have ships armed, with a view to the reconquest of the island .ref:673
2.1762 He resumes his activities at the office of the recipe of the woods in Brest .ref:673
2.17633.1763He goes on a mission to Landerneau , Port Launay and Le Faou , to ensure the requisition and transport to Brest of wood intended for naval construction .ref:673
24.8.1764 The Intendant of Brest , Hocquart de Champerny , sends the Minister a memorandum and a plan for a port cleaning machine "which seemed to me very ingenious and deserves your attention" , invented by Raby .ref:673
1.4.1765 Appointed Ecrivain Ordinaire de la Marine

et des Classes

ref:673
23.10.1765 He sends the Minister of Marine a general collection of plans and profiles he has surveyed , machines , instruments , tools and various gear used in the various workshops in the Port of Brest .ref:673
1.1.1766 Appointed Sous-Commissaire de la Marine

et des Colonies

ref:673
8.2.176615.11.1766Appointed Sous-Commissaire des Classes at Cap‑Français

aka Sous-Commissaire des Classes ?

ref:673
15.11.176616.11.1766In the night from 15 to 16 , he is assassinated in Saint-Domingue by two brigands .ref:673

Sources


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ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site
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