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Louis Alexandre Corrard


NationalityFrench 
RolesShip Builder 
Date of Birth7.2.1817 - Nogent sur Seine , Auberef:673
First Known Service1.11.1837ref:673
WifeMlle Peugeotref:673
Last Known Service1839ref:673
Date of Death8.4.1872 - Indret ref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1.11.1837 Appointed Elève de Polytechnique

Enter n ° 77 and left with n ° 37 .

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8.10.1839 Appointed Elève du Génie Maritime at Lorientref:673
11.6.1843 Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Lorientref:673
1850 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur from the hands of Emperor Napoleon IIIref:673
1858 Appointed Sous-Directeur des Constructions Navales at Cherbourg

He was made an officer of the Legion of Honor following the launch in Cherbourg of "La Ville de Nantes" .

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7.8.1858 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
7.8.1858 Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Première Classe at Cherbourgref:673
1859 Appointed Membre du Conseil des Travaux de la Marine at Parisref:673
1867 Appointed Sous-Directeur des Constructions Navales at Lorientref:673
aft.10.6.1869 Appointed Directeur des Constructions Navales de Seconde Classe

Decret of 10/06/1869

 

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bef.8.4.1872 Appointed Directeur des Constructions Navales de Seconde Classe at Indretref:673

Notes on Officer


Carrierref:673

He had built "the Pomone" , the first propeller-driven ship , then the "Eurydice" , the "Henri IV" , lost in the Black Sea at the siege of Sebastopol , the "Donauwerth" , then the "Ville de Nantes" . He had directed the complete repair of the port of Cherbourg .



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