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Raoul de Marquessac


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
Date of Birth6.2.1828 - Nantes ref:631
First Known Servicec.0864ref:631
A.K.A.Raoul Marie François de Sales de MarquessacFWIKI
WifeM Caroline Geneviève d'Humières - Married 1.6.1861ref:631
Last Known Service2.1893ref:631
Date of Death24.2.1900 - Cieurac , Lotref:631

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1843 Entered the Marine .ref:631
1.8.1845 Aspirantref:631
1.9.1849 Enseigne de Vaisseauref:631
c.1854c.1856
L'Inflexible (90) 1839-1876
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Enseigne de Vaisseau
ref:631
3.2.1855 Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631
15.8.1858 Appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
15.8.1858 At Toulon .ref:631
1859 He commanded the gunboat "Alerte" , during war operations in Italy . ref:631
18601861He contributes to the development of the frigate-battleship "Gloire" .ref:631
18611864He commanded the wheeled sloop "Ajaccio" in the Mediterranean .ref:631
18641869He serves on various vessels including the training vessel "Louis XIV".ref:631
c.1864c.1869
Louis XIV (118) 1854-1873
French 118 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1828 Renamed "Louis XIV"
, Capitaine de Frégate , no year
ref:631
26.5.1865 Capitaine de Frégateref:631
10.8.1868 Appointed Officier de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
18701871During the war of 1870-71, he will command the cruiser "Hirondelle" .ref:631
1874 Vice-Président du Conseil Général du Lotref:631
17.12.1874 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:631
27.5.1880 Appointed Commander of the station battleship "Reine-Blanche" - 450 hp - 10 guns - port Toulon - Levant Naval Division . He participates in operations on the coasts of Tunisia .ref:631
25.8.1881 Appointed Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
5.1882 Contre-Amiralref:631
5.18856.1887Appointed Commandant de la Division Navale at Levant

aboard the "Vénus" and the "Victorieuse" .

ref:631
bef.1.1.1886 Aboard the "Vénus" .ref:631
7.1889 Vice-Amiralref:631
14.8.18892.1893Appointed Préfet Maritime at LorientFWIKI
11.7.1892 Appointed Grand-Officier de la Légion d'Honneurref:631
aft.2.1893 Retired from active service .ref:631

Sources


IDNameAuthorType
FWIKIWikipedia - FranceVarious, Web Site
ref:631Geneanet Web Site
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