Jean-Baptiste Perrée
| Jean-Baptiste Perrée | |
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Contre-amiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée
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| Born | 29 April 1761 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme |
| Died | 17 February 1800 (aged 38) |
| Allegiance |
 French First Republic
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| Service/branch | French Navy |
| Years of service | 1793 – 1800 |
| Rank | Rear admiral |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Sabre of honour from General Bonaparte |
Jean-Baptiste Perrée (Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, 29 April 1761 – Généreux, off La Valette, 17 February 1800) was a French Navy officer and Rear-admiral.
Born to a family of sailors, Perrée started sailing in 1773 at the age of twelve as a boy on the merchantman Glorieuse, under his father. In the course of the following twenty years, he steadily rose in rank in the merchant navy, took part in a campaign on the fluyt Boulonnaise in the French Royal Navy as an aid-pilot, and earned his commission of Sea captain in 1785.
In 1793, when France declared war to England on the backdrop of the War of the First Coalition, Perrée enlisted in the Navy as an acting Ensign.
Promoted to acting Lieutenant in May 1794, and took command of the frigate Proserpine in April 1794 to conduct Commerce raiding operations; in his eight-month campaign, he captured over 63 British merchantmen and a 32-gun Dutch frigate on 21 May.
On 13 September 1794, Perrée was Captain, and was appointed to command a naval division in the Mediterranean, comprising the frigate Alceste, under Lieutenant Lejoille, and the 18-gun brig Hazard, under Lieutenant Leduc. The division returned to Toulon on 10 October.
He set sail for another mission on 15 November, this time on Minerve, in consort with Alceste and the 20-gun corvette Brune, under Ensign Deniéport. The division cruised in the Mediterranean and sailed for a diplomatic mission to Tunis before returning to Toulon on 29 December.
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