Bernard-Manuel Lusignan (1749[1] — Paris, 21 June 1824)[2] was a French Navy officer. He fought in the War of American Independence, and taking part in the French operations in the Indian Ocean under Suffren.[3]
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Born to the family of M. de La Borde, a banker from Bearn, Lusignan joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 5 October 1767. He was promoted to lieutenant on 13 March 1779.[3]
He commanded the 18-gun corvette Fortune in Suffren's squadron when it left Brest on 22 March 1781.[4][5] He took part in the Battle of Porto Praya, where he captured the fireship HMS Infernal; however, Suffren then ordered Lusignan to bring orders to the French transports, and he abandoned Infernal after taking her captain and 15 men prisoners. Infernal returned to Porto Praya harbour. [6]
on 20 August 1782, Lusignan was at the vanguard of the French squadron when it departed Batacalo for the Battle of Trincomalee. [7]
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- ^ a b Roussel & Forrer (2019), p. 127.
- ^ a b Bajot (1824), p. 701.
- ^ a b Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 657.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 480.
- ^ Cunat (1852), p. 49.
- ^ Cunat (1852), p. 57.
- ^ Cunat (1852), p. 205.
Bibliography
- Bajot (1824). Annales maritimes et coloniales. Vol. 2. Paris: Imprimerie royale.
- Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas.
- Lacour-Gayet, G. (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XV. Paris: Honoré Champion.
- Roussel, Claude-Youenn; Forrer, Claude (2019). Tromeling et Suffren, un conflit entre marins. Kronos. ISBN 978-2-917232-88-0.