Pierre Maurice Julien de Quérangal

Pierre Maurice Julien de Quérangal (13 December 1758 in Lorient – 1840) sometimes written Kerangal, was a French Navy officer and admiral.

Quérangal joined the Navy in 1775, rising to lieutenant by 1790. In 1791, he was sent to Saint-Domingue, where he captained a schooner and a brig, and was tasked with secret missions. Sent back to Nantes, he was briefly arrested. He went to Paris, and resigned his commission in reaction to the Execution of Louis XVI. On the advice of Gaspard Monge, then Ministre de la Marine, he joined back and was sent to Brest. There, he had to fight a number of accusations; he was eventually sent to Lorient by Jean Bon Saint-André, where was made first officer of Tyrannicide. He was later given command of the fluyt Ville de Lorient, but was shortly arrested again, and detained for nine months.

Released, Quérangal was appointed to Océan, flagship of the fleet, as first general aid-major. He took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, where he was tasked to conduct rescue operations when Superbe foundered after taking in water; Quérangal managed to save the 936-man crew and left the ship last, and returned to Océan where he was promoted to captain on the spot.

Returned to Brest, Quérangal was given command of the frigate Cocarde, leading a three-frigate squadron to patrol off France and Ireland. He was later given command of two larger squadrons to patrol off Spain.

In November 1795, Quérangal was given command of the 74-gun Mucius, on which he let a division during the Expédition d'Irlande. He managed to reach the designated landing spot in Bantry Bay, where he waited the rest of the fleet until it became clear that the expedition was a failure. Mucius returned to Brest, which she reached on 1 January 1797.

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