Gaspard de Ligondès ( Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort, 11 December 1732 – Brest, 26 January 1779) [1] was a French Navy officer. He served in the American Revolutionary War. [2]
Ligondès was born to the family of a Navy officer. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 6 July 1750. [2]
On 15 April 1761, Ligondès married Elisabeth de Reclesne. They had two sons, Hercule and Frédérick, both of whom also served in the Navy, and a daughter, Clotilde. [1]
Ligondès was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1764, [2] and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis on 1 January 1773. [1] In 1775, Ligondès was captain of the 12-gun corvette Écureuil, [3] and the 14-gun Serin in 1777, on which he assisted an American ship while sailing from Brest to Saint-Domingue. [3] He returned to Brest later that same year. [4]
Ligondès was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777. [2]
Ligondès was given command of the 64-gun Triton. He captained her at the Battle of Ushant [5] and in the action of 20 October 1778, [6] [7] where he was mortally wounded. [8]
Ligondès died of his wound in Brest on 26 January 1779. [2]
Gaspard de Ligondès ( Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort, 11 December 1732 – Brest, 26 January 1779) [1] was a French Navy officer. He served in the American Revolutionary War. [2]
Ligondès was born to the family of a Navy officer. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 6 July 1750. [2]
On 15 April 1761, Ligondès married Elisabeth de Reclesne. They had two sons, Hercule and Frédérick, both of whom also served in the Navy, and a daughter, Clotilde. [1]
Ligondès was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1764, [2] and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis on 1 January 1773. [1] In 1775, Ligondès was captain of the 12-gun corvette Écureuil, [3] and the 14-gun Serin in 1777, on which he assisted an American ship while sailing from Brest to Saint-Domingue. [3] He returned to Brest later that same year. [4]
Ligondès was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777. [2]
Ligondès was given command of the 64-gun Triton. He captained her at the Battle of Ushant [5] and in the action of 20 October 1778, [6] [7] where he was mortally wounded. [8]
Ligondès died of his wound in Brest on 26 January 1779. [2]