Pierre Julien Tréhouart
French navy officer
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Pierre Julien Tréhouart[note 1] (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʒyljɛ̃ tʁewaʁ]; Port Louis, 27 November 1759 - Toulon, 9 May 1804[1]) was a French navy officer.
Career
Tréhouart joined the navy as a volunteer in 1775, and was promoted to officer in 1777.[2][3] In 1779, he rose to lieutenant de frégate and served under Suffren, who commanded him,[3] taking part in five battles on ships of the line, two isolated actions on frigates[2]
Tréhouart was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1786.[2] In June 1792, he captained the chartered merchantman Chancelière de Brabant, ferrying troops from Lorient to Pondichery.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant later the same year.[2]
As a lieutenant,[5] he captained the Cybèle during the action of 22 October 1794;[3][6][7] he was promoted to captain by governor Malartic after the battle,[8] on 24 October 1794.[2] In 1795, Cybèle was attached to the division under Sercey[7] and took part in the action of 8 September 1796,[9] where he ordered a boat launched to tug the becalmed Cybèle into a position where she could rake HMS Victorious.[7][9] Tréhouart was promoted to chef de division on 19 December 1797.[2][3]
Tréhouart returned to France on Cybèle and arrived in Rochefort in june or july of 1797.[7] He was then appointed to command the Formidable on 9 April 1798.[7] He retained this command for one year. Later he captained the newly built Neptune.[3][7][8]
He was awarded the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour on 14 June 1804, after his death.[10]
See also
- Bernard Thomas Tréhouart de Beaulieu (représentant du Peuple)
- François Thomas Tréhouart
- Julien Tréhouart-Deschenais