Du Pas de la Mancelière
Du Pas de la Mancelière ( — Ajax, Battle of Cuddalore, 20 June 1783) was a French Navy officer. He notably captained the 64-gun Ajax in Suffren's squadron during the Anglo-French War, and was killed in action at the Battle of Cuddalore.[1][2][3]
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Du Pas joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 19 January 1757. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 4 April 1777, and to Captain on 15 September 1782.[3]
Du Pas arrived in the Indian Ocean with the first wave of reinforcements set there after Suffren took command of the squadron, as first Lieutenant on the 60-gun Saint Michel under Captain d'Aymar and First officer Vignes d'Arrac. [4]
In the run-up to the Battle of Trincomalee, on 25 August 1782, Du Pas led four companies of marines to lay siege to the forts of Trincomalee.[5]
On 9 February 1783, Suffren appointed him to the command of the 64-gun Ajax. He was killed at his station during the battle,[3][6] as Ajax was bearing to HMS Inflexible.[7]
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Notes
References
- ^ Cunat (1852), p. 301-302.
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 28.
- ^ a b c Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 635.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 655.
- ^ Cunat (1852), p. 207.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 546.
- ^ Cunat (1852), p. 307.
Bibliography
- Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas.
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)