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Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre de Villeneuve


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth31.12.1763 - Valenciennes002
First Known Service1778002
Last Known Service1798002
Date of Death22.4.1806 - Rennes 002

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1778 Entered the Navy002
1793 Capitaine de Vaisseau002
22.9.1796 Contre-Amiral002
1798 
Le Guillaume Tell (84) 1795-1800
French 84 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Contre-Amiral,
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1.8.1798 Battle of the Nile 
30.5.1804 Vice-Amiral002
19.10.180521.10.1805
Le Bucentaure (86) 1803-1805
French 86 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Amiral,
 
21.10.1805 Commanded the Allied Center at the Battle of Trafalgar 
21.10.1805 Commander-in-Chief at the Battle of Trafalgar 

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