Louis-André-Joseph de Lombard

Louis-André-Joseph de Lombard was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Biography

Lombard was born to the family of a Council of the Parliament of Bordeaux. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 17 September 1751. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1764. [1][2]

In 1770, he took command of the 14-gun fluyt Barbue, at Rochefort.[3] He commissioned her an Ile d'Aix in January 1771. She was wrecked in December 1771 at Penmarch.[4]

In 1773, Lombard commanded the 16-gun corvette Perle.[5] In 1777, he commanded ship Courtier at Rochefort.[3] He was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777.[1][2]

In 1779, he captained the frigate Terpsichore, first around Ile de Ré, Ile d'Aix and Brest,[6][7][8] and then part of the squadron under Orvilliers.[9] He was later promoted to the command of the 64-gun Provence,[10] which he commanded at the Battle of Cape Henry on 16 March 1781. [1]

Lombard was a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.[1]

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Gardiner (1905), p. 216.
  2. ^ a b Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 641.
  3. ^ a b Archives nationales (2011), p. 208.
  4. ^ Roche (2005), p. 63, volume 1.
  5. ^ Archives nationales (2011), p. 194.
  6. ^ Archives nationales (2011), p. 218.
  7. ^ Archives nationales (2011), p. 241.
  8. ^ Archives nationales (2011), p. 243.
  9. ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 640.
  10. ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 645.

References

  • Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
  • Gardiner, Asa Bird (1905). The order of the Cincinnati in France. The Rhode Island state society of Cincinnati. OCLC 5104049.
  • 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.


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