Chevalier de Boades

The Chevalier de Brun de Boades ( — 7 September 1781 [1]) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Biography

Brun de Boades was born to the family of a Council of the Parliament of Provence. His uncle, Jean de Brun de Boades, also served in the Navy, reaching the rank of Chef d'Escadre.[1] Boades joined the Navy as Garde-Marine on 2 April 1748, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 January 1762. [1]

He was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777.[1] In 1778, he captained the frigate Magicienne.[2]

In 1780, Boades captained the 64-gun Triton in the squadron under Guichen.[3][4] He died on 7 September 1781 of wounds sustained at the Battle of the Chesapeake.[1][5][6]

Sources and references

Notes

Citations

1. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 641.
2. Archives nationales (2011), p. 224.
3. Archives nationales (2011), p. 284.
4. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 643.
5. Dawson (1936), p. 136.
6. Kérallain (1928), p. 31.

Bibliography

• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
• Dawson, Warrington (1936). "Les 2112 Français morts aux États-Unis de 1777 à 1783 en combattant pour l'indépendance américaine". Journal de la société des américanistes (28–1): 136. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
• Kérallain, R. (1928). "Bougainville à l'armée du Cte de Grasse". Journal de la société des américanistes (20). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
• 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.