Vice-Admiral Count Pierre Étienne René Marie Dumanoir Le Pelley (2 August 1770 in Granville – 7 July 1829 in Paris) was a French Navy officer, best known...
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Battle of Cape Ortegal (section Dumanoir escapes)
French squadron under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley. It is sometimes referred to as Strachan's Action. Dumanoir had commanded the van of the line...
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Sark Pierre Carey le Pelley (19th century), Seigneur of Sark Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley (1770–1829), French Navy officer Pierre le Pelley I (1736–1778), Seigneur...
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campaign. Villeneuve and his second in command, Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, hurried to ready the Toulon-based fleet for departure. Nelson...
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as lieutenant de frégate on the 46-gun Argonaute, commanded by Tilly Le Pelley, another uncle, then on the ship Mercure, which was part of the squadron...
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the line of the French Navy. As Révolution, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande under Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley. Ships of the line v t e v t e...
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capture a French squadron under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley. In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne. She was converted to serve...
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the allied line, placing the rear division under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley in the vanguard. The wind became contrary at this point, often...
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port-side guns, and became engaged with combined fleet's van under Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, as it came about to support the collapsing centre. Fire from...
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as-yet unengaged van of the combined fleet, led by Rear Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley. Harvey ordered the few guns that could be brought to bear fired...
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again when the van of the combined fleet, led by Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, made a belated attempt to come to the assistance of the centre...
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part of the vanguard of the French fleet under Contre-amiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, and was one of four French ships that escaped capture that day...
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Donegal) Foundered 26 Oct many Formidable 2-decker 80 Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir Le Pelley Capt Jean-Marie Letellier 840 22 45 67 8% Escaped Captured 4 Nov...
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the ships of Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley at the Battle of Trafalgar, under Captain Louis-Antoine Infernet. Dumanoir commanded the six ship vanguard...
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placed General Jean Baptiste Kléber in command with Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley in charge of the harbour. Finding that entrances to the anchorage...
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Saumarez was ready to attack again. Urged by French Contre-Amiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, who was in Cadiz to take occupation of the promised six ships...
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(1768–1841), captain of La Piémontaise, was born and died in Granville Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley (1770–1829), vice admiral, he unsuccessfully commanded the vanguard...
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recounted coming across the Révolution and frigate Scévola. Captain Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley was in the process of removing the crew and passengers from Scévola...
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encountered four French ships-of-the-line under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley that had escaped from the Battle of Trafalgar. Dryad and Boadicea...
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near Cape Trafalgar. Formidable was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, who commanded the six-ship vanguard of the French fleet, along...
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Finisterre, and fought at the Battle of Trafalgar under Vice Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley. He managed to escape the battle, but fell upon Admiral Sir Richard...
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then served as an aid to Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, and was promoted to captain in September 1803. He was appointed to Dumanoir's flagship Formidable, taking...
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temporally captain the 80-gun Formidable, flagship of contre-amiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, until 26 April, when he returned to the command of Mont Blanc...
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French control, Napoleon ordered Contre-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley to sail to Cadiz. Le Pelley arrived at the Spanish port on 13 June in the frigates...
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fell in with four French line-of-battle ships under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, off Ferrol. The four French vessels had escaped from the Battle...
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came across a squadron of four French ships of the line under Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, that had escaped from the Battle of Trafalgar two weeks previously...
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and summer of 1795. The commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-amiral Pierre Martin acceded to the request, preparing a squadron of six ships of the...
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range of Strachan's force. These four ships, under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, had escaped from the Franco-Spanish defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar...
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Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, and were now hurrying north to reach Rochefort. On realising that he had encountered a superior British force, Pelley attempted...
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(b. 1760) 6 July – Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, admiral (b. 1770) 23 August – Pierre Deval, diplomat (b. 1758) 5 September – Pierre, comte Daru, soldier...
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