Anne Hilarion de Contentin, comte de Tourville

Anne Hilarion de Contentin, comte de Tourville

Anne Hilarion de Contentin, comte de Tourville (1642–1701) was a French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV. Image File history File links Anne Hilarion de Contentin, comte de Tourville photo Guillaume Rueda, buste exposé au Musée de la Marine Paris [1] Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ... Image File history File links Anne Hilarion de Contentin, comte de Tourville photo Guillaume Rueda, buste exposé au Musée de la Marine Paris [1] Photo courtesy and autorisation of http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2189x3289, 640 KB) Anne Hilarion de Tourville French school of the 18th Century Musée de la Marine, Paris. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2189x3289, 640 KB) Anne Hilarion de Tourville French school of the 18th Century Musée de la Marine, Paris. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Navy is also:- shorthand for Navy Blue the nickname of the United States Naval Academy A navy is the branch of the armed forces of a nation that operates primarily on water. ... Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ...

Aged 17, a Knight of Malta, he fought his first naval fight on a frigate of the Order of Malta. The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care...

At 25 he joined the French Royal Navy, abd started an active career, fighting the 1673 campaing on the Sans-Pareil, at the taking of Agosta where he was in command of the Syrene, and later in command of the Sceptre. Agosta has more than one meaning; Agosta 90B class submarine Agosta (Sicily) Agosta (Lazio) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

He served under Abraham Duquesne during the campaings of 1676, and became a commander in 1690 during the War of the Grand Alliance. He put his flag on the Soleil-Royal, where it would stay until the battle of La Hougue. At the Battle of Beachy Head (Victoire de Béveziers), he defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet which lost seven ships. On the 29 May 1692, at Barfleur he inflicted heavy losses to a 97-ship strong English and Dutch fleet, with only 45 ship, and forced them to retrat; however, he himself suffered heavy losses after the battle when fire ships attacked the French ships of the line immobilised for repairs in Cherbourg. Other topics that could fall under Duquesne can be found at Marquis Duquesne (disambiguation) Marquis Abraham Duquesne (1610 - 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... The War of the Grand Alliance (also known as the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of the English Succession, and the Nine Years War) was a major war fought in Europe and America from 1688 to 1697, between France and the League of Augsburg (which, by 1689... Aft of the Soleil Royal, by Jean Bérain. ... The Battle of Beachy Head or Beveziers took place on the south coast of East Sussex, England on 30 June 1690 in the War of the Grand Alliance; Beachy Head is a promontory near Eastbourne. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... The Battle of Barfleur, 29 May 1692 by Richard Paton, painted 18th century. ... This article is not about the fireboats that fight fire Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588-08-08 by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, painted 1796, depicts Drakes fire ship attack on the Spanish Armada. ... Cherbourg is a city of Normandy, in northwestern France, in the Manche département, of which it is a sous_préfecture. ...

On the 27th June 1693, he defeated 59 English ships commanded by George Rooke in 1693 at Cape St. Vincent near Lagos Bay in Portugal, during the Battle of Cape St. Vincent Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... Admiral Sir George Rooke, 1650–1709 by Michael Dahl, painted c. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... The Cabo de São Vicente (Cape St. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

Tourville retired after the Peace of Ryswick and died in Paris on the 23 May 1701, regarded as a hero. The Treaty of Ryswick was signed on 20 September 1697 and named after Ryswick in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands). ...

Trivia

• The modern F67 type frigate D610 Tourville was named in his honour.

The F67 type is a class of large high-sea (Blue water) frigates of the French Navy specialised in anti-submarine warfare. ... The Tourvile is a F67 type large high-sea frigates of the French Marine Nationale specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. ...

External links

• Encyclopedia.com information about Anne Hilarion de Tourville