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Jean Baptiste Marestier


NationalityFrench 
RolesShip Builder 
Date of Birth17.5.1781 - Saint-Servan ref:673
First Known Service26.11.1799ref:673
Father-in-Law
Pierre Jacques Nicolas Rolland (Baron )French
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Administrator
Service 1785-1836
ref:673
WifeMademoiselle Rollandref:673
Last Known Service26.8.1840ref:673
Date of Death22.3.1832 - Brest ref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
26.11.1799 Appointed Elève de Polytechniqueref:673
4.6.1803 Appointed Elève du Génie Maritimeref:673
21.7.1804 Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Paris

first then Rouen and then sent to the Genoa arsenal .

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1809 Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de Première Classe de la Marineref:673
1811 Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Troisième Classe at Livorno

listed Ingénieur ?

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1816 Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Troisième Classe at Bayonne

where he directs the construction of cargo ships of a new model and supervises work carried out on the port.

ref:673
1819 The process of acquiring the technique of steamboats began in France that year with the dispatch of the engineer Marestier to the United States . The objective is to analyze the technical and economic aspects of the development of steamboats .He reports a memoir on the steamboats of the United States of America which is noticed by the Academy of Sciences .ref:673
28.4.1821 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
1821/05 Designed Gazelle Class (1821) - 16 gun Schooner 
9.18229.1824He drew up the plans for a steamer intended to tow vessels on the Charente , between Rochefort and the island of Aix . He ordered the construction of three boats, the "Coureur" , the "Galibi" and the "Rapide" , which were launched in September 1824.ref:673
4.1823 Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Seconde Classeref:673
1825 Designed Vésuve Class (1825) - 0 gun Mortar Vessel 
1825 He is on a study trip to England .ref:673
1828 Author of a "Memoir on steam engine explosions and the precautions to be taken to prevent them" .ref:673
1830 Appointed Ingénieur des Constructions Navales de Première Classe

at the "Direction des Ports"

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2.183122.3.1832Appointed Membre du Conseil des Travaux de la Marine

He was sent on mission to the ports to supervise the construction of steamships .

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Notes on Officer


Carrierref:673

Builder of the first low pressure boiler in the Navy , "great French expert in the construction of steam ships"



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