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Re: French Navy Ranks
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Tue, 26 Mar 2002 02:24:03 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> I'm building up a small French fleet (Napoleonic/Pirate era), and would like
> to have authentic(ish) crew and ranks.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Did the French Navy have the equivalent of Lieutenants-in-Command? Did they
> have Midshipmen or equivalents?
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> And what enlisted ranks were there in the French Navy?
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> Or am I just being way too obsessive?
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> Answers, corrections, or directions to either would be appreciated.
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, Consulate, and Empire is
that rank systems and philosophies of rank were in flux (much as
they'd be in the Soviet military, where levelling was pursued far
too agressively).
So I'm not sure where you'd look for French naval ranks, but I'm
gonna do some digging.
best
LFB
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| (...) OK--I've checked both in English and in French on the Web, and I've found nothing that's obviously a list of French naval ranks. I think you'll have to go to academic tomes, but I don't yet have any titles for you. How's your French? Do you (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: French Navy Ranks
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| (...) OK--I've checked both in English and in French on the Web, and I've found nothing that's obviously a list of French naval ranks. I think you'll have to go to academic tomes, but I don't yet have any titles for you. How's your French? Do you (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Hmm... now I might be on the wrong page here, but I would always have expected only commissioned officers to command vessels -- at least in Britain. In other words, Commanders for the Brig and the Sloop (depending on the latter's size) and (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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