Pierre André de Suffren

In gratitude for the defense of the Dutch colonies, the Dutch envoy presented Suffren with a golden sword (1784)

Pierre André de Suffren (born July 13, 1726 in Saint-Cannat , France , † December 8, 1788 in Paris ), actually Comte Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, Bailli de Suffren , was a French admiral.

Born in Provence, Suffren entered the French Navy and the Order of Malta at an early age . In the fight against the barbarians and the British, he distinguished himself as a ship's ensign, lieutenant a. Frigate captain from many times. During the American War of Independence , he burned a British squadron in the North American port of Newport in 1779 and commanded a French light squadron in 1780, which joined the fleet of the Spanish Admiral Cordova . In 1781 he was sent as a commodore with five ships of the line and two frigates to assist the Dutch against the British who were threatening the colonies of those in Africa and Asia. He fought happily on the whole in the Cape and in the East Indies against the British admirals George Johnstone and Edward Hughes, conquered Trincomalee in 1782 and held his own at this station. Until 1783 he successfully stood up to the Royal Navy as a daring and agile sailor. After the Peace of Paris (1783) , Suffren returned to France and was appointed Vice Admiral by the King.

medal

Knight of the Order of Malta
Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit

Appreciation

The following were named after Admiral Suffren:

Suffren , passenger and cargo steamer, in service as Suffren from 1923
Suffren , commercial steamer from 1966
Le Suffren , ship of the line from 1791, renamed Le Redoutable (1791) in 1794
Suffren , ship of the line from 1801
Suffren , ship of the line from 1824
Suffren , ship of the line from 1866
Suffren , standard ship of the line from 1899
Suffren , heavy cruiser from 1930, the lead ship of her class
Suffren , guided missile destroyer from 1967, also the type ship of her class

Web links

Herders Conversations-Lexikon , Volume Five (Suffren), 374 . Freiburg 1857.
Pierer's Universal-Lexikon , Volume Seventeenth (Suffren), 71 . Altenburg 1863.

Individual evidence

↑ The Bibliothèque Nationale de France gives 1729 as the year of birth, ( Notice de personne ).

personal data
SURNAME	Suffren, Pierre André de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Suffren de Saint Tropez, Pierre André de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French admiral
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Cannat , France
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 1788
Place of death	Paris

[1] The Bibliothèque Nationale de France gives 1729 as the year of birth, ( Notice de personne ).