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Count Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume (La Ciotat, 13 April 1755〔Levot, p.206〕 – Aubagne, 28 July 1818〔Levot, p.208〕) was a French Navy officer and Vice-admiral. Ganteaume started sailing on Indiamen, before serving during the American War of Independence in the fleets of Admiral d'Estaing and Suffren. At the French Revolution, he was promoted to command the 74-gun ''Trente-et-un Mai'', taking part in the Glorious First of June and the Croisière du Grand Hiver. Ganteaume took part in the Expedition to Egypt, narrowly escaping death during the Battle of the Nile. There, he formed a personal relationship with General Bonaparte, who supported his promotion. He was made a Rear-Admiral and given command of a squadron to supply the Army of Egypt, but in Ganteaume's expeditions of 1801, he engaged in months of complicated maneuvers to elude the Royal Navy and eventually failed his mission. He supplied the French forces of the Saint-Domingue expedition. During the Trafalgar Campaign, Ganteaume was to lead his squadron to the Caribbean to reinforce Villeneuve and Missiessy, but he was blockaded by British squadrons. Ganteaume held various offices during the late First French Empire, and gave his loyalty to Louis XVIII at the Bourbon Restoration. == Career == Ganteaume was born in La Ciotat, into a family of merchant sailors. He started sailed at the age of 14〔Michaud, p.98〕 on a merchantman commanded by his father,〔 and by the time he reached the age of 22, Ganteaume had accomplished five campaigns in the Middle East and two in the Caribbean.〔〔 He served on the Mississippi Company Indiaman ''Fier Rodrigue''.〔 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「Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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