Claude Eugène Chauchouart de Lavicomté[Note 1] ( — Hector, Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782)[1] was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.
Biography
Lavicomté was born at Saint-Malo. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 11 June 1748. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 January 1762, and to Captain on 10 May 1777.[1]
He was killed at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782.[1][2]
Sources and references
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 646.
- ^ Marley (1998), p. 522.
References
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
- Marley, David (1998). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. ABC-CLIO. p. 343. ISBN 0874368375.
External links
- "Index to French Revolutionary War Patriots (Surnames LA - Laz)". Index to French Revolutionary War Patriots. Retrieved 8 May 2020.