In 1803, Commander Dornal de Guy was serving in the flotilla at the Camp de Boulogne. On 7 August, a British brig and a cutter anchored off Boulogne; and the next day, Dornal de Guy received the order from Bruix to attack the ships with five boats. Due to the tides, he couldn't set sail until 3:00 a.m. the next day. The British put to sail and exchanged gun fire with the boats, before retreating.[2]
In 1805, de Guy captained the frigate Félicité, in the Brest squadron. In 1806, he ferried troops, weapons and ammunitions from Brest to San Domingo, where he arrived in time to take part in the Battle of San Domingo. Félicité was among the three French ships that survived the battle, and she returned to Lorient on 26 March 1806.[3]
In 1807, Dornal de Guy was appointed captain of the Manche at Cherbourg. Along with the brig Cygne under Menouvrier Defresne, Manche had several encounters with HMS Uranie, under Captain Christopher Laroche. On 20 June, Uranie made a lukewarm attack on the brig, to which the French hardly reacted. The incident later led to the court-martial and eventual dismissal of Laroche.[4][5]
Manche captured the 16 gun brig-sloop HMS Seaflower on 27 September 1808 near Bengkulu.[3]
In 1809, Manche was dispatched from Cherbourg to Port-Louis at Ile de France to replace the aging Sémillante, which had been decommissioned and sold to Robert Surcouf. De Guy arrived on 6 March, and after a one-month leave, Manche undertook her first cruise in the Mozambique Channel.[6] Along with Vénus, she took part in the action of 18 November 1809, capturing three large Indiamen. Dornal de Guy eventually returned to Ile de France after an eight-month patrol, along with Créole and two of the prizes.
After the capture of Jacques Hamelin at the action of 18 September 1810, Dornal de Guy became the senior naval officer of the French forces in the Indian Ocean. In November, seeing that the British forces received sustained reinforcements, he moored his ships (Manche, Astrée, Bellone and Minerve) and disembarked the crews to reinforce the garrison of Port Louis. The Invasion of Île de France occurred in November, and the island surrendered the next month.[7]
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jean, dornal, note, october, 1771, urrugne, 1855, saint, jean, french, naval, officer, contents, career, sources, references, notes, references, bibliographycareer, editin, 1803, commander, dornal, serving, flotilla, camp, boulogne, august, british, brig, cutt. Jean Dornal de Guy note 1 13 October 1771 in Urrugne 10 May 1855 in Saint Jean de Luz 1 was a French naval officer Contents 1 Career 2 Sources and references 2 1 Notes 2 2 References 2 3 BibliographyCareer editIn 1803 Commander Dornal de Guy was serving in the flotilla at the Camp de Boulogne On 7 August a British brig and a cutter anchored off Boulogne and the next day Dornal de Guy received the order from Bruix to attack the ships with five boats Due to the tides he couldn t set sail until 3 00 a m the next day The British put to sail and exchanged gun fire with the boats before retreating 2 In 1805 de Guy captained the frigate Felicite in the Brest squadron In 1806 he ferried troops weapons and ammunitions from Brest to San Domingo where he arrived in time to take part in the Battle of San Domingo Felicite was among the three French ships that survived the battle and she returned to Lorient on 26 March 1806 3 In 1807 Dornal de Guy was appointed captain of the Manche at Cherbourg Along with the brig Cygne under Menouvrier Defresne Manche had several encounters with HMS Uranie under Captain Christopher Laroche On 20 June Uranie made a lukewarm attack on the brig to which the French hardly reacted The incident later led to the court martial and eventual dismissal of Laroche 4 5 Manche captured the 16 gun brig sloop HMS Seaflower on 27 September 1808 near Bengkulu 3 In 1809 Manche was dispatched from Cherbourg to Port Louis at Ile de France to replace the aging Semillante which had been decommissioned and sold to Robert Surcouf De Guy arrived on 6 March and after a one month leave Manche undertook her first cruise in the Mozambique Channel 6 Along with Venus she took part in the action of 18 November 1809 capturing three large Indiamen Dornal de Guy eventually returned to Ile de France after an eight month patrol along with Creole and two of the prizes After the capture of Jacques Hamelin at the action of 18 September 1810 Dornal de Guy became the senior naval officer of the French forces in the Indian Ocean In November seeing that the British forces received sustained reinforcements he moored his ships Manche Astree Bellone and Minerve and disembarked the crews to reinforce the garrison of Port Louis The Invasion of Ile de France occurred in November and the island surrendered the next month 7 Sources and references editNotes edit The name is sometimes written Dornaldeguy 1 References edit Nos PARENTS Deportes En Corse En 1802 prevalhaiti com Troude op cit vol 3 p 295 a b Fonds marine Troude op cit vol 3 p 481 James op cit p 340 Troude op cit vol 3 p 502 Troude op cit vol 4 p 115 Bibliography edit Roche Jean Michel 2005 Dictionnaire des batiments de la flotte de guerre francaise de Colbert a nos jours 1671 1870 Group Retozel Maury Millau p 344 ISBN 978 2 9525917 0 6 OCLC 165892922 Fonds Marine Campagnes operations divisions et stations navales missions diverses Inventaire de la sous serie Marine BB4 Tome premier BB4 1 a 482 1790 1826 2 Troude Onesime Joachim 1867 Batailles navales de la France Vol 3 Challamel aine pp 160 162 Troude Onesime Joachim 1867 Batailles navales de la France Vol 4 Challamel aine pp 160 162 James William 2002 1827 The Naval History of Great Britain Volume 1 1793 1796 London Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 85177 905 0 OCLC 165702223 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jean Dornal de Guy amp oldid 1168710935, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
