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Augustin Gourbeyre (Baron Gourbeyre)


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth30.10.1786 - Rioms , Puy de Dômeref:631
First Known Service1800ref:631
WifeHéloïse Antoinette Louise Raby - Married 24.6.1815, Brest ref:631
Son
Pierre Antoine Armand GourbeyreFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1834
ref:631
Last Known Service1802ref:631
Date of Death7.6.1845 - Pointe-à-Pitre ref:631
Burial7.6.1845 - Fort de Richepense (Fort Louis Degrès), Basse-Terre ref:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
  Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
1800 Mousseref:631
18001802
La Sémillante (32) 1791-1808
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Mousse
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14.11.1803 Aspirant de Seconde Classeref:631
5.10.1804 Aspirant de Première Classeref:631
15.4.1808 Enseigne de Vaisseauref:631
aft.15.4.1808 Leaving for the Indian Ocean , he did not succeed having first participated in the capture of two English vessels , he was later captured himself . Released in North Carolina , he returned to service aboard the schooner "Supérieure" which was supplying Saint-Domingue .ref:631
1809 He forced the English to flee into the Bay of Moule , Guadeloupe .ref:631
19.4.1810 Prisoner again during the capitulation of Guadeloupe , he returned via New York to France on 04/19/1810 . He then obtained a leave of two months to see his family again , whom he had not seen since 1801 .ref:631
c.1811 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
28.8.1811 Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631
aft.28.8.18111815He held various positions aboard the "Illustre" , then the "Milanaise" . The Restoration keeps him in his post .ref:631
1815 In post at Brest for 3 years , then sailing in Martinique , Cayenne , the Azores .ref:631
22.8.1823 Capitaine de Frégateref:631
18261828In 1826 , he traveled to Chile in the footsteps of Lapeyrouse , explored the reefs of Vanikoro and brought two Lamas back to the Jardin des Plantes in 1828 .ref:631
1.12.1828 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:631
aft.1.12.1828 He took command of the "Duquesne" then of the "Terpisichore" . Sent on a mission to Madagarcar , to re-establish the French presence , which ended in a partial failure provoked by Queen Ranavolana , under English influence .ref:631
aft.1.12.1828 
Duquesne (86) 1813-1858
French 86 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Duquesne"
1815 Renamed "Zélandais"
1815 Renamed "Duquesne"
1830 Renamed "Zélandais"
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer , in Brazil when promoted Vessel Captain , year ?
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1830 Appointed Baron Gourbeyreref:631
18.6.18391841Appointed Gouverneur at Cayenneref:631
9.2.18417.6.1845Appointed Gouverneur at Guadeloupe

His conduct during the Guadeloupe earthquake of February 8, 1843 , caused his name to be given to the "commune" of Dos-d'Ane .

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12.7.1841 Contre-Amiralref:631

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