Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin
| Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin | |
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| Born | 13 October 1768 Honfleur |
| Died | 23 April 1839 (aged 70) Paris |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service/branch | French Navy |
| Years of service | 1792 - 1833 |
| Rank | rear admiral |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Baron of the Empire |
Baron Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin (13 October 1768 – 23 April 1839) was a rear admiral of the French navy and later a Baron. He commanded numerous naval expeditions and battles with the British Navy as well as exploratory voyages in the Indian Ocean and the South Seas.
Hamelin was born in Honfleur, Calvados, France. At age 17, Hamelin embarked on a trade ship belonging to his uncle as a young marine to learn sailing. In April 1786, he was a crew member of the ship Asie of the merchant marine which was destined for the coast of Angola on a ten-month campaign. He then proceeded to Cherbourg on board the Triton as a helmsman. In July 1788, Hamelin returned to Honfleur, where he embarked as a midshipman on the ship Jeune Mina and campaigns on several other vessels.
He was conscripted by the French Revolutionary Government for the French Revolutionary Wars and in 1792, quit commercial sailing and joined the Navy. In August 1792 he was a quartermaster aboard the vessel Entreprenant which was a part of a naval division under rear admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville. Tréville's division joined together with another squadron of admiral Truguet and took part in operations against Oneglia, Cagliari, and Nice.
In August 1793 Hamelin was named midshipman of the frigate Proserpine, with which he took over the Dutch frigate Vigilante and part of the convoy she was escorting.
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