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French Navy Ranks
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:50:08 GMT
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I'm building up a small French fleet (Napoleonic/Pirate era), and would like
to have authentic(ish) crew and ranks.
The fleet will be commanded by a Capitain de Corvette sailing in a 12 gun
brig, and the other two ships are a bomb ketch and a sloop-of-war. The three
'big' ships will be accompanied by a couple of gunboats.
IIRC, the British Navy would have had the ketch and the sloop under the
command of Lieutenants, and the gunboats under the command of Midshipmen.
Did the French Navy have the equivalent of Lieutenants-in-Command? Did they
have Midshipmen or equivalents?
And what enlisted ranks were there in the French Navy?
Or am I just being way too obsessive?
Answers, corrections, or directions to either would be appreciated.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) I haven't seen too many references to French naval ranks in the Napoleonic period. The "Piratic Era" might be better considered ancien-regime; at least there, the ranks are standard. One of the problems with the Revolution, Directory, (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Most of the upper ranks are french words. Just some have E's etc removed when English-er-ing them. Most of the Deck Classes were named by function or part of the ship assigned to them. As were English and German(Elector era). Many of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: French Navy Ranks
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| It's not French but Steve Beisty's(Sp?) Cross-Section of A Man-of-War has an excellent break down of the crew. Try also watching some Horatio Hornblower movies, in some they had some references to the French navy. Hope your fleet comes out (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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