Pierre-Gustave Roze
Pierre-Gustave Roze | |
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Vice-Admiral |
Pierre-Gustave Roze (28 November 1812 – November 1883) was a French admiral. He was born in
French Campaign against Korea
in 1866, an offensive involving the French Far Eastern Squadron as well as French marines that proved a failed attempt to force reparations from the Korean court for its persecution of French and native Catholics.
After the Korean expedition Roze and his fleet returned to Japan, where they were able to welcome the first French military mission to Japan (1867–1868) in Yokohama harbor on January 13, 1867. Roze was recalled to France in 1868. He was named vice admiral in 1869 and served on the Admiralty Council (Conseil d'amirauté). He was named Préfet Maritime de la Manche et de la Mer du Nord, a position he held between 1869 and 1871 and during which he served to guard the Brittany coast during the Franco-Prussian War. In 1875, Roze was named commander of the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée).
Roze died in Paris in 1883.
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Admiral Roze (centre) and a quarter of his sailors, on the frigate Guerrière. Circa 1865 photograph, during a visit inNagasakiharbour. -
Sketch of Admiral Roze, ca. 1870.
External links
- French campaign against Korea, 1866
External links
- (in French) Pierre-Gustave Roze
- (in French) L'expédition en Corée du contre-amiral Roze
- (in French) L'expédition de l'Amiral Roze
- (in French) La France manque une opportunité