Joseph Coëtnempren de Kersaint

Joseph Coëtnempren de Kersaint (29 November 1746 – Isle de France (Mauritius), 1797)[1] was a French Navy officer.

Biography

Joseph Coëtnempren de Kersaint was born to the family of Guy François Coëtnempren de Kersaint, a French Navy officer. His two brothers, Armand de Kersaint (1742–1793) and Guy Pierre Kersaint (1747–1822), also served in the Navy.

Kersaint joined the Navy at a Garde-Marine on 25 July 1762. He was promoted to Ensign on 15 September 1771, and to Lieutenant on 5 February 1786.[1]

He served on Heure du Berger from November 1767 to January 1769. [1]

In 1776, he served on the 40-gun frigate Consolante.[1] In June 1778, he transferred to the 64-gun Brillant.[1]

Kersaint married at Isle de France on 3 April 1780.[1]

In June 1782, Kersaint, by then retired from the Navy,[2] departed Brest, captaining the corvette Duc de Chartes. He arrived at Achem on 24 November.[3]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Roussel & Forrer (2019), p. 61.
    2. Cunat (1852), p. 251.
    3. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 538.

    References

    • Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas. p. 447.
    • Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
    • Roussel, Claude-Youenn; Forrer, Claude (2019). Tromelin et Suffren, un conflit entre marins. Kronos. ISBN 978-2-917232-88-0.
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