Pierre Joseph François Samson de Champmartin

Pierre Joseph François Samson de Champmartin was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Biography

Champmartin was born to the family of a Navy Lieutenant from Toulon. Champmartin joined the Navy as Garde-Marine on 17 September 1751, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1764.^[1] In 1776, he commanded the frigate Flore in Toulon.^[2]

In 1778, Champmartin was second officer on the 80-gun Tonnant, in the squadron under D'Estaing.^[3] He was promoted to Captain on 21 January 1780.^[3] In 1781 he was first officer on Marseillais, on which he was wounded during the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781.^[4][5] He commanded the 80-gun Duc de Bourgogne at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782, where he was again wounded.^[4]

He received a three-month suspension as sanction for the loss of Bourgogne, wrecked on 4 February 1783.^[3][6] Champmartin retired on 10 October 1784.^[3][4]

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Citations

Bibliography

• Antier, Jean-Jacques (1991). L'Amiral de Grasse, héros de l'indépendance américaine. Rennes: Éditions de la Cité, Ouest-France. ISBN 9-782737-308642.
• Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 325–6. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.

External links

• Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2020.

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