Gaspard de Ligondès
Gaspard de Ligondès (Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort, 11 December 1732 – Brest, 26 January 1779)[1] was a French Navy officer. He served in the American Revolutionary War. [2]
Biography[edit]
Ligondès was born to the family of a Navy officer. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 6 July 1750.[2]
On 15 April 1761, Ligondès married Elisabeth de Reclesne. They had two sons, Hercule and Frédérick, both of whom also served in the Navy, and a daughter, Clotilde.[1]
Ligondès was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1764,[2] and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis on 1 January 1773.[1] In 1775, Ligondès was captain of the 12-gun corvette Écureuil,[3] and the 14-gun Serin in 1777, on which he assisted an American ship while sailing from Brest to Saint-Domingue.[3] He returned to Brest later that same year.[4]
Ligondès was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777.[2]
Ligondès was given command of the 64-gun Triton. He captained her at the Battle of Ushant[5] and in the action of 20 October 1778,[6][7] where he was mortally wounded.[8]
Ligondès died of his wound in Brest on 26 January 1779.[2]
Notes[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b c "du LIGONDÈS". Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 606.
- ^ a b Archives nationales (2011), p. 200.
- ^ Archives nationales (2011), p. 211.
- ^ Troude (1867), p. 7.
- ^ Archives nationales (2011), p. 224.
- ^ Troude (1867), p. 27.
- ^ Troude (1867), p. 28.
References[edit]
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
External links[edit]
- Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2020.