branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
french navy 18 june 1860 saint-servan saint-benoît , réunion france france '' ` french revolutionary wars '' ' 28 december 1775 captain bouvet maisonneuve.jpg pierre françois Étienne bouvet de maisonneuve
 pierre françois Étienne bouvet de maisonneuve
pierre françois Étienne bouvet de maisonneuve

pierre-françois-henri-Étienne bouvet de maisonneuve -lrb- saint-benoît , réunion , 28 december 1775 -- saint-servan , 18 june 1860 -rrb- was a french navy officer and privateer .
born to a navy captain , bouvet started sailing at the age of 11 , he served under his father on various ships between france and the indies .
he was taken prisoner by the british during their occupation of toulon .
released , bouvet served on the frigate '' amazone '' in linois 's squadron , which raided commerce in the indies .
after '' amazone '' was wrecked at cape of good hope , he attempted to return to mauritius and inform the governor , but was captured en route by a british frigate .
released on parole , bouvet designed the `` entreprenant '' , a felucca of indian pattern .
after he was exchanged , he cruised off the malabar coast undetected amongst indigenous shipping .
appointed to a 16-gun brig also named `` entreprenant '' , bouvet sailed to manille and rescued the crew of `` mouche n ° 6 '' from detention .
embarked in duperré 's squadron , bouvet was given command of the prize `` minerve '' , on which he took part in a battle against three largs east indiamen , of which the squadron captured two .
returned to mauritius , the squadron met four british frigates , which it defeated in the battle of grand port .
duperré having been wounded , bouvet commanded the french forces for the second half of the battle .
returned to france after the fall of mauritius , bouvet was given command of a two-frigate squadron , with his flag on `` aréthuse '' .
his other frigate was wrecked in a storm , and soon after , `` aréthuse '' battled hms `` amelia '' in a bloody action that resulted in a stale-mate .
bouvet never fought again , and devoted his late life to politics and writing .
