Claude Eugène Chauchouart de Lavicomté explained

Claude Eugène Chauchouart de Lavicomté (— Hector, Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Biography

Lavicomté was born at Saint-Malo. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 11 June 1748. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 January 1762, and to Captain on 10 May 1777.

He was killed at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782.

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References

• Book: Lacour-Gayet, Georges. Georges Lacour-Gayet

. Georges Lacour-Gayet. La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI . 1910 . Honoré Champion . Paris . 431–434.

• Book: Marley . David . Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present . 1998 . ABC-CLIO . 0874368375 . 343 .

External links

• Web site: Index to French Revolutionary War Patriots (Surnames LA - Laz) . Index to French Revolutionary War Patriots . 8 May 2020.