Joseph Léon de La Marthonie

La Marthonie was born to the family of Suzanne Galateau and Léon Raymond de La Marthonie de Gaignon. La Marthonie joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 28 November 1743.^[1]

In 1767, La Marthonie captained the 4-gun corvette Lunette.^[2]

In 1770, La Marthonie captained 64-gun Bizarre, at Rochefort.^[3]

On 4 May 1779, La Marthonie was promoted to Brigadier des Armées navales. He was given command of the 64-gun Jason, based at Toulon.^[4] The year after, he took command of the 74-gun Pluton.^[5][6] He captained her at the Battle of Martinique on 17 April 1780.^[7]

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• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.

• Rouxel, Jean-Christophe (2020). "Joseph Léon de La MARTHONIE". Retrieved 20 May 2020.
• Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2020.