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Jacques Bedout (January 13, 1751 – April 17, 1818) was a Canadian born naval officer who had both a merchant marine and Royal Navy career in France. Bedout spent 14 years in the merchant marine at the beginning of his career. He joined the French Royal Navy in 1777 as sub-lieutenant and rose to rear-admiral(). In 1795, he commanded the 74-gun ''Tigre'' at the Battle of Groix. Bedout sustained four injuries, and was taken prisoner after the capture of ''Tigre''. At the British Parliament, Charles James Fox praised his defence of his ship, comparing him to Roman and Greek heroes.〔''Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nous jours'', LV Jean-Michel Roche, 2005, p. 438〕〔''Batailles navales de la France'', O. Troude, Challamel ainé, 1867, (vol.2 ), p.418〕 His career advanced steadily and, in 1802, Napoleon personally gave him a five ship squadron. The flagship was the ''Argonaute'' from which he commanded his squadron until illness forced his retirement in 1803. He remained listed as ''active'' on the lists until 1816. Bedout always received high ratings from his superiors. Records show that he was considered a first rate officer. ==External links== * (Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'' ) 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「Jacques Bedout」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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