Péan de la Villehunault
Péan de la Villehunault ( — Consolante, Battle of Trincomalee, 3 September 1782)[1] 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.[1]
Biography
[edit]Péan de la Villehunault joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 8 May 1757. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 4 April 1777.[1]
Péan de la Villehunault served as a Lieutenant on the 74-gun Orient. On 2 September 1780, he was promoted to the command of the 32-gun frigate Consolante.[1] In November 1781, he departed France with a division under Bussy, bound for Isle de France (Mauritius). On 9 August 1782 , Consolante made her junction with Suffren's squadron at Batacalo, along with Saint-Michel and Illustre.
Péan de la Villehunault was killed in action at the Battle of Trincomalee on 3 September 1782,[2][1] when a grenade exploded near him.[3]
Sources and references
[edit]Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 661.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 530.
- ^ Cunat (1852), p. 221.
Bibliography
- 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.