Jean-Honoré de Trogoff de Kerlessy

Jean-Honoré de Trogoff de Kerlessy (5 May 1751 in

, notable for handing over the French fleet at Toulon over to the British in 1793.

Life

A son of Marc Louis de Trogoff de Kerlessy and Jeanne Eléonore Bourel de Kermès, de Kerlessy joined the

. He was captured by a British privateer in 1778. In March of the next year Trogoff was promoted lieutenant de vaisseau.

After fighting under

in 1784 and given the cross of the order of Saint-Louis.

Trogoff's great knowledge of the Antilles led to his holding several commands on

set fire to the main magazine and eight of the French ships of the line before departing.

Trogoff emigrated, subsequently dying in February 1794.

Sources

• This page is a translation of its French equivalent.