Jean Dornal de Guy

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Jean Dornal de Guy

Saint Jean de Luz[1]
) was a French naval officer.

Career

In 1803, Commander Dornal de Guy was serving in the flotilla at the

Camp de Boulogne. On 7 August, a British brig and a cutter anchored off Boulogne; and the next day, Dornal de Guy received the order from Bruix to attack the ships with five boats. Due to the tides, he couldn't set sail until 3:00 a.m. the next day. The British put to sail and exchanged gun fire with the boats, before retreating.[2]

In 1805, de Guy captained the frigate

San Domingo, where he arrived in time to take part in the Battle of San Domingo. Félicité was among the three French ships that survived the battle, and she returned to Lorient on 26 March 1806.[3]

In 1807, Dornal de Guy was appointed captain of the Manche at Cherbourg. Along with the brig Cygne under Menouvrier Defresne, Manche had several encounters with HMS Uranie, under Captain Christopher Laroche. On 20 June, Uranie made a lukewarm attack on the brig, to which the French hardly reacted. The incident later led to the court-martial and eventual dismissal of Laroche.[4][5]

Manche captured the 16 gun brig-sloop HMS Seaflower on 27 September 1808 near Bengkulu.[3]

In 1809, Manche was dispatched from Cherbourg to Port-Louis at Ile de France to replace the aging

Créole
and two of the prizes.

After the capture of

Invasion of Île de France occurred in November, and the island surrendered the next month.[7]

Sources and references

Notes

  1. ^ The name is sometimes written "Dornaldeguy"[1]

References

  1. ^ Nos PARENTS Déportés En Corse En 1802, prevalhaiti.com
  2. ^ Troude, op. cit., vol. 3, p. 295.
  3. ^ a b Fonds marine
  4. ^ Troude, op. cit., vol. 3, p. 481.
  5. ^ James, op. cit., p. 340
  6. ^ Troude, op. cit., vol. 3, p. 502.
  7. ^ Troude, op. cit., vol. 4, p. 115

Bibliography

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  • Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826) [2]
  • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France. Vol. 3. Challamel ainé. pp. 160–162.
  • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France. Vol. 4. Challamel ainé. pp. 160–162.
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