Jean-François-Charles Amet
Jean-François-Charles Amet (born January 27, 1861 in Rivière du Rempart , † May 2, 1940 in La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz in the Ille-et-Vilaine department ) was a French vice admiral and high commissioner in Constantinople.
Life
Jean-François Amet joined the French Navy in Brest in 1877 , on October 5, 1880 he was promoted to sergeant on October 5, 1882. From 1880 to 1885 he spent on the armored sailing ship Colbert . In 1885 he was stationed in Granville on the Aviso Cuvier . From 1886 to 1887 he was stationed on the transport ship Bien Hoa . On October 16, 1887 he was promoted to lieutenant and was stationed on the corvette Corsica in Toulon , then he drove on the corvette Le Saône in the Pacific .
He received the officer's license and was orderly of the Commandant l'Escadre du Nord . In 1894 he was given command of a destroyer in Cherbourg-Octeville . From 1896 to 1897 he studied at the artillery school and at the École supérieure de la Marine .
From 1898 to 1899 he was in command of the gunboat Leon, which hydrographically mapped the coast off Tonkin .
On June 15, 1900 he was promoted to captain and accepted into the Legion of Honor. In 1901 he was deputy commander on the battleship Henri IV in the Atlantic. In 1902 he was deputy commander on the battleship Jena in the Mediterranean . In 1903 he was stationed in Cherbourg and in 1904 deputy commander of the anti-submarine defense in Toulon . In 1905 he was given command of the cruiser Descartes in the Far East.
On July 29, 1907 he was promoted to captain and taught tactics and strategy at the Ecole Supérieure de la Marine , where he also served as deputy director.
From October 10, 1909, he was in command of the destroyer Le Dunois , near Dunkirk, and was commander in chief of the destroyers and submarines of Calais and Dunkirk .
In 1910 he led the recovery of the submarine Pluviôse , which sank on May 26th off Calais , 27 crew members were killed.
During the First World War he was used in the Battle of Champagne and the Battle of Verdun . On March 5, 1915 he was promoted to rear admiral and mentioned in the army report. In March 1916 he was admitted to the Comité pour la restriction du commerce avec l'ennemiin , a body involved in the economic war . In December 1916 he was given command of the 2nd division of the 2 squadrons, the French units in the Levant in Argostoli . In June 1918 he was promoted to Vice Admiral. With the signing of the Armistice of Mudros on October 30, 1918, he became French High Commissioner in Constantinople. To underline his claim to command of the Allied naval forces in the Levant , he occupied Constantinople on November 12, 1918, after the First World War .
He was in command of the French intervention forces that were fighting the Red Army in Russia. After the uprising in the French Black Sea Fleet , he signed a shipping agreement with the Soviet of Sevastopol that was not ratified by the Soviet in Moscow .
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- ↑ Christopher M. Bell, Bruce A. Elleman: Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century. An International Perspective. P. 111 ( Google books ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amet, Jean-François-Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rivière du Rempart |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1940 |
| Place of death | La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz , Ille-et-Vilaine |