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

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

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 661.
    2. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 530.
    3. ↑ 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.
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