Jean François Renaudin
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Contre-amiral Jean-François Renaudin |
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Contre-amiral Jean-François Renaudin
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| Born | 13 July 1750 Le Gua, Charente-Maritime |
| Died | 29 April 1809 (aged 58) Le Gua, Charente-Maritime |
| Allegiance |
Louis XVI French First Republic |
| Service/branch | French Navy |
| Years of service | 1780–1816 |
| Rank | Contre-amiral |
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| Awards |
Baron of the Empire |
| Relations | Cousin to Cyprien Renaudin |
Baron of the Empire
Legion of Honour
Jean François Renaudin (13 July 1750, in Le Gua – 29 April 1809, Le Gua) was a French Navy officer and Rear-Admiral. He is mostly known for captaining the Vengeur du Peuple at the Third Battle of Ushant.
Renaudin was born to a modest family of Saint-Martin du Gua, and joined the merchant navy before enlisting in the French Royal Navy as a suppleant frigate lieutenant in 1779. He served on the fluyt Dorade, on which he took part in four battles. He was promoted to Sous Lieutenant de Vaisseau on 1 May 1786.
At the French Revolution, Renaudin was promoted to Lieutenant de Vaisseau on 1 January 1792, and to Captain on 1 January 1793; he was appointed to command the 20-gun corvette Perdrix, cruising off Belle-Ile and Rochefort. He later transferred to the frigate Andromaque, on which sustained a fight against a ship of the line and four Spanish frigates.
Renaudin commanded the Vengeur du Peuple in the fleet of Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. Exiting Brest, Vengeur was separated from her fleet, which prevented her from taking part in the Action of 29 May 1794; on the next day, however, she sustained fire from ten British ships while preventing them from cutting the French line of battle.
On the next day, at the Glorious First of June, Renaudin led a fierce battle against HMS Brunswick, in which Brunswick and Vengeur disabled each other. As Vengeur could not be rescued by French frigates, Renaudin asked for help from the British.
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