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Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve〔The Ancien Régime orthography is "Alexandre Louis du Crest de Villeneuve"; the graphy "Ducrest de Villeneuve" or "Ducrest Villeneuve" was used during the Revolution and the Empire. The archives of the Navy (see the Fonds Marine) use "Ducrest de Villeneuve", while Troude uses "Ducrest Villeneuve".〕 (Le Theil-de-Bretagne, 7 March 1777 - Paris, 22 March 1852) was a French naval officer and admiral. == Career == Ducrest de Villeneuve joined the Navy in 1791, aged 14. In 1796, he was a midshipman first class, and in 1800 he had risen to ensign. In 1805, he served on ''Redoutable'', under Captain Lucas, and took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was seriously wounded trying to board HMS ''Victory''. Taken prisoner, he was detained on ''Redoutable'', and narrowly escaped drowning when she foundered the next day. In 1808, Ducrest de Villeneuve have been promoted to Lieutenant and was appointed on 26 July to the command of the aviso ''Mouche n° 6'', in Bayonne. ''Mouche n° 6'' was sent in the Indian Ocean for a mission to Ile de France and Manila.〔Ducrest de Villeneuve, ''Journal du voyage de "la Mouche n°6", sous le commandement du lieutenant de vaisseau Ducrest de Villeneuve, expédiée pour l'Ile de France et Manille, en 1808''.〕〔Fonds Marine, p. 377〕 Upon his arrival at Manila, he was taken prisoner with his entire crew, as the government had sided for the Allies. He was rescued in early September by the brig ''Entreprenant'', under Pierre Bouvet.〔Troude, ''op. cit.'', p. 72-73〕 Ducrest de Villeneuve later published the journal of his adventures on ''Mouche n° 6'' as ''Journal du voyage de "la Mouche n°6", sous le commandement du lieutenant de vaisseau Ducrest de Villeneuve, expédiée pour l'Ile de France et Manille, en 1808''.〔Ducrest de Villeneuve, ''op. cit.''〕 After the action of 17–18 September 1810, in which ''Vénus'' and ''Victor'' captured HMS ''Ceylon'', Ducrest de Villeneuve was given command of the captured ''Ceylon''.〔Troude, ''op. cit.'', p. 108〕 However, the very next day, a British squadron comprising HMS , and the brig encountered the battered ships, and captured them all save for ''Victor''. Ducrest de Villeneuve was taken in captivity. Released in 1811 and promoted to Commander, Ducrest took command of the 44-gun ''Alcmène'', part of a two-frigate squadron under Jean-Léon Émeric who had his flag on the 44-gun ''Iphigénie''. On 16 January 1814, the frigate enountered a British squadron led by the 74-gun HMS ''Venerable''. ''Iphigénie'' on her own while ''Alcmène'' was caught up and forced into action. Ducrest de Villeneuve was wounded when he brought her alongside ''Venerable'' and attempted a boarding.〔’’Naval Chronicle’’, Vol. 31, pp.244-5.〕 In 1816, Ducrest de Villeneuve had been released and was in command of the fluyt ''Normande''.〔Fonds Marine, p. 507〕 He ferried soldiers in the Caribbean to retake possession of the French colonies after the Bourbon Restoration. In 1818, he sailed to Ile Maurice and Ile Bourbon to ferry passengers, notably Bouvet de Lozier.〔Fonds Marine, p. 521〕 In 1820, promoted to Captain, he commanded the frigate ''Antigone'', which he sailed from Rochefort to Napoli.〔Fonds Marine, p. 531〕 The next year, on 3 April, he departed from Toulon to patrol off Spain and later Brazil, returning on 11 March 1822.〔Fonds Marine, p. 549〕 From 1825, Ducrest de Villeneuve commanded the frigate ''Astrée'' and was appointed to the Caribbean station, under Guy-Victor Duperré.〔Fonds Marine, p. 551〕 In 1826, he took command of the station, relieving vice-amiral Duperré.〔Fonds Marine, p. 615〕 In August, the squadron sailed from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon to Martinique, returning on 20 December.〔Fonds Marine, p. 616〕 In 1829, Ducrest de Villeneuve was promoted to contre-amiral. The next year, he was appointed major général of the fleet in Toulon. In 1832, Ducrest de Villeneuve was given command of an eleven-ship division that surveilled the coasts of Holland in the aftermath of the Ten Days' Campaign and the Belgian Revolution, with his flag on ''Médée''. The next year, Ducrest de Villeneuve became préfet maritime of Lorient. He retired in 1842 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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