Jean Dornal de Guy
Jean Dornal de Guy
Career
In 1803, Commander Dornal de Guy was serving in the flotilla at the
In 1805, de Guy captained the frigate
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
After the capture of
Sources and references
Notes
References
Bibliography
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- 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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