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Re: French Navy Ranks
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 26 Mar 2002 07:03:18 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 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.
> >
> > 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?
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> > 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.
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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, 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).
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> So I'm not sure where you'd look for French naval ranks, but I'm
> gonna do some digging.
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 have access to a good
library (e.g., a university library)?
best
LFB
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| In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: OK--I've checked both in English and in French on the Web, and I've (...) My French rates even worse than my access to a good library :-( I've found some references to "enseigns" (1st and 2nd class) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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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, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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