Jules François Émile Krantz
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Jules François Émile Krantz | |
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 Krantz by Alfred Philippe Roll (1891) | |
| Acting Governor of Cochinchina | |
| In office 16 March 1874 – 30 November 1874 | |
| Preceded by | Marie Jules Dupré |
| Succeeded by | Victor Auguste, baron Duperré |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1812 Givet, France |
| Died | 25 February 1914 (aged 101) Toulon, France |
| Occupation | Naval officer |
Jules François Émile Krantz (29 December 1821 in
naval officer and politician
. In Vietnamese royal records, he was referred as Ca Răng (哥𪘵).
Life
He left the École navale in 1837, initially serving off the west African coast and then in the Mediterranean and Brazil. He was professor of navigation on board the Borda (1852). He commanded the Ténare during the
Sebastopol
and the Kinbourn peninsula. He was then sent to Vietnam (1858–59) and the China Sea and Japan (1862–64, where he took part in the bombardment of Pei-Ho). He was then commander of the gunnery-school ship Louis XIV at Cherbourg (1869).
He commanded the naval division on the China Sea in 1873 and became military governor of Cochinchine from 16 March to 30 November 1874. He took part in the
Minister for the Navy and the Colonies
from 5 January 1888 to 22 February 1889, then naval minister from 19 March 1889 to 17 March 1890.
Sources
- Étienne Taillemite, Dictionnaire des marins français, éditions Tallandier, 2002, 573 p. (ISBN 2-84734-008-4)
