Anne Hilarion de Costentin de Tourville

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Anne Hilarion de Costentin (also: Cotentin ), comte de Tourville (born November 24, 1642 château de Tourville, near Coutances , La Manche ; † May 23, 1701 in Paris ) was a French admiral and naval hero and marshal of France under Louis XIV .

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Anne Hilarion de Costentin, comte de Tourville, entered the Order of Malta at the age of 15 and fought against the barbarians . In 1660 he took service in the French Navy , became a ship's captain in 1667 and commanded a ship of the line from 1672 to 1674 in the war against the Dutch and Spanish in the Mediterranean .

In 1675 he served first under the Chevalier de Valbette, then under Duquesne . On his return from Agosta to France in 1677 he destroyed twelve ships of the Dutch-Spanish fleet near Palermo . Appointed Lieutenant General of the Navy in 1680 , he bombarded Algiers in 1682, 1683 and 1688 and took part in the bombardment of Genoa in 1684 .

In 1689 he was appointed Vice Admiral of the Flotte du Levant (Mediterranean Fleet) and in 1690 commanded the squadron with Jean II. D'Estrées that supported Jacob II's enterprise in Ireland . As commander in chief of the French fleet set up in the Canal , he won the naval battle at Beachy Head near the Isle of Wight in July 1690 over the British-Dutch fleet consisting of 112 ships. In order to enable the intended landing of the Jacobites on the British coast, he had to attack the British-Dutch fleet of 88 ships under Admiral Russell with 44 ships in the Battle of Barfleur on May 29, 1692 near Cape La Hague but into the crossfire and had to withdraw.

Appointed Marshal of France in 1693, he captured 27 merchant and warships of a British-Dutch squadron in the sea ​​battle near Lagos in June off the south coast of Portugal near Lagos and destroyed 45 others while pursuing the others. He died on May 23, 1701.

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The French Navy named various ships in his honor:

The Mémoires de Tourville (Amsterdam 1758, 3 volumes) are spurious.

literature

  • Delarbre: Tourville et la marine de son temps. Paris 1889

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SURNAME Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Costentin de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French admiral and Marshal of France
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1642
PLACE OF BIRTH Château de Tourville, near Coutances , La Manche
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1701
Place of death Paris