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Pierre-Louis-Charles Rigault de Genouilly (April 12, 1807 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime – May 4, 1873 in Barcelona) was a nineteenth-century French admiral. He fought with distinction in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, but is chiefly remembered today for his command of French and Spanish forces during the opening phase of the Cochinchina campaign (1858–62), which inaugurated the French conquest of Vietnam. == Early career == Charles Rigault de Genouilly was born and raised in Rochefort into a family with naval connections. His father was a naval engineer and his mother, Adélaïde-Caroline Mithon de Genouilly, was the niece and adopted daughter of Claude Mithon de Genouilly, a naval commander during the American War of Independence.〔Granier, 329–64〕 Rigault de Genouilly entered the École Polytechnique in 1825.〔Randier, 342〕 He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1827, and served in the Morea expedition aboard the frigate ''Fleur de Lys'' during the Greek War of Independence. In 1828 he was transferred to ''Résolue'', and took part in operations against pirates in the Greek archipelago. Promoted ''enseigne de vaisseau'' in 1830, he participated in the French expedition against Algiers and the forcing of the Tagus in 1831. In 1832 he served aboard ''Ducreuse'' during the blockade of the Dutch coast in the Belgian War of Independence. He was promoted ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' in 1834. In 1843, he assumed command of the corvette ''Victorieuse'' on the China and India Seas station, and took part in an expedition to explore the Yellow Sea. On 25 April 1847 ''Victorieuse'' and ''Gloire'' (''capitaine de vaisseau'' Augustin de Lapierre), which had been sent to Da Nang (Tourane) to negotiate for the release of two French Catholic missionaries, were attacked without warning by several Vietnamese vessels, in an incident known as the Bombardment of Tourane. The two French ships fought back, and with their superior armament rapidly destroyed their attackers.〔Thomazi, ''Histoire militaire'', 24〕 In July 1847 ''Victorieuse'' ran aground on the coast of Korea, but Rigault de Genouilly was exonerated from blame by a court of enquiry. He was promoted ''captaine de vaisseau'' in July 1848, and served on a commission charged with studying the defences of Havre. He then became ''chef de cabinet'' of the navy minister Joseph Grégoire Cazy. Between 1849 and 1851 he was captain successively of the paddle steamer frigate ''Vauban'' and of ''Charlemagne'', the first screw-driven French battleship converted from a sailing ship. This type of conversion was called a ''vaisseau mixte'' to distinguish it from purpose-built steam ships such as ''Napoléon''. He conducted extensive tests on ''Charlemagne'', for which he received the thanks of the admiralty.〔 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「Charles Rigault de Genouilly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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