Honore Joseph Antoine Ganteaume

Honore Joseph Antoine Ganteaume , April 13rd 1755 with Ciotat - July 28th 1818 with Aubagne, sailor French, vice-admiral.

It was intended early for the service of the navy and began in the Guerre from America. He was auxiliary officer in 1778, and became second lieutenant of vessel in 1786. Raised with the rank of Captain after his exit of the prisons of England, where it had been led at the beginning of 1793, he was head of division in 1795; rear-admiral under the Directory.

He is the chief of staff at the time of the battles of Aboukir.

He leaves then to Brest, where he takes the head of a Escadre of help having to carry reinforcements to the armed with Egypt. He installs in January 1801, but its hesitations are worth to him to remain locked up two months in Toulon, and to arrive close them Egyptian coasts without daring to make unload its troops. In that, it has a heavy share of responsibilities in the loss for the Egypt.

Preserving the confidence of the however First consul, Ganteaume continues a beautiful career, since it orders the squadron of the Mediterranean of 1800 with 1802. In February 1802, it enmene troops of the Forwarding of Santo Domingo. The same year, it is named Maritime police chief Toulon, and finally Vice-amiral the May 30th 1804. It orders the fleets of the Atlantic until in 1806 (it does not dare to leave Brest to join Villeneuve before Trafalgar) and those of the the Mediterranean of 1808 with 1810 (it is unable to bring least help to the army of Spain). It is named in 1808 general inspector of the coasts of the Ocean.

Count of Empire in 1810, Napoleon names it “Colonel ordering the battalion of the sailors of the Guard” the 1811.

Under the Restoration, it is also Pair of France in 1815 then Inspecteur of the classes. He votes the death of the marshal Ney at the time of his lawsuit. The king named it Pair France the August 17th 1815.

He died in Aubagne the November 28th 1818.

Napoleon made a severe assessment from there when he said to Sainte-Hélène: “ Ganteaume was only one sailor, no one and without means. ”

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  • Marine of Empire

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