Hervé de Portzmoguer

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Bust of Hervé de Portzmoguer (Primauguet) in Brest
The frigate "Primauguet" was developed to fight against submarines

Hervé de Portzmoguer (* between 1473 and 1478 in Plouarzel , Bretagne ; † August 10, 1512 ) was a Breton nobleman and naval officer.

For his name there are several in Old French, New French, Latin, Old English, New English, the Breton Gallo -West French and in the various Breton dialects , e.g. Sometimes widely differing spellings

  • Hervé, Herveus, Herueu
  • Portzmoguer, Portz-Moguer, Primoguet, Portmoguer, Piloguer, Plumogher, Primaugay, Primaudet, Primauquet, Portemoquer, Primagueto, Primogeuet, Porsmoguer, Porzhmoger ...

The New French variant Primauguet is mostly common today .

As a descendant of the Duke of Léon , Primauguet belonged to the Breton nobility and was a vassal of the French royal family. For King Ludwig XII. Primauguet set up a corsair fleet of Breton coastal cities, which united with the French fleet anchored in Brest under Admiral René de Clermont and was supposed to fight against England.

In the naval battle of Saint Mathieu (1512) , Primauguet commanded the Marie la Cordelière , the largest and most modern warship of its time, and fell in battle against the Regent , the largest English ship. Both ships were destroyed and sank, 400 English and almost 1,200 French seamen were killed.

Breton and French traditions and legends since then exaggerate the myth of the battle and the heroic deeds of Primauguet. In memory of the brave naval officer, the French Navy has repeatedly baptized warships with the name Primauguet

  • an Aviso (1830-1854)
  • a corvette (1850–1886)
  • a cruiser (1877–1907)
  • a transport ship (1918–1938)
  • a cruiser (1923–1942)
  • a frigate (1984)

Individual evidence

  1. Hervé de Portzmoguer at archeonavale.org (French; PDF; 121 kB)
  2. Georges G. Toudouz: Hervé de Portz-Moguer et "Marie la Cordelière", d'après les témoins oculaires de 1512  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in Fantômes des Combat (French)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hermine.org  
  3. ^ Anton Strauss (Ed.): Archive for Geography, History, State and War Art , page 47f . Vienna 1810