Claude de Forbin

Biography

Having lost her father very early, his mother intends it for the service of the Church, but her uncle commander of Gardanne, captain of galère, the convinct to let it engage in the navy initially under the count d' Estrées in America. With an intrepidity become legendary, it took part, inter alia, in the campaigns of Messine (1675).

In 1678, France is in peace, and Forbin is used a time in a company as Mousquetaire S, ordered by another of his/her uncles, the Baillif de Forbin. But boiling it knight puts up himself badly with the dicipline, and decides to go to Toulon to embark. It is there that during a duel, it kills the knight of Gourdon. Judged by the Parliament of Aix, it is condanné to have the distinct head. Gràce with the intervention of the cardinal of Janson, another uncle, it is pardoned.

Again under the orders of the count d' Estrées it makes the countryside of the the Antilles (1680) and under Abraham Duquesne, as lieutenant, it makes the countryside of Africa and takes part in the Bombardement of Algiers (1682).

In 1686, it accompanies the ambassador by France near the King de Siam. Forwarding lasts two years. When it returns France is the new ones in war. It then receives the command of a frigate, with which it has the role of assisting Jean Bart in his fights against the English. They are both captive facts with Plymouth from where they escape. It fights under the orders of Tourville. Victoire of Lagos, cruising in the Atlantic, with raising, head office of Barcelona. Charged with making respect the neutrality of Venice, it destroys an English vessel in the roads of Venice. Cruising at sea White.

Named Chief of squadron in 1707 after a bloody victory gained over the same enemies in the the North Sea, it was announced with Duguay-Trouin to the Combat of the course Lizard.

Charged in 1708 with leading to Edinburgh the knight of Saint-Georges, it could not succeed there, and as it was made responsible for this failure, it withdrew service, 1710. It is withdrawn with the castle of Saint-Marcel to Marseilles where it dies in on March 11th, 1733.

Its Memories , published in Amsterdam in 1730, were written on its notes by Simon Reboulet. The Voyage of the count de Forbin with Siam is extracted from its Mémoires .

Posterity

Six ships of the National marine bore the name of Forbin

External bonds

1911encyclopedia.org
mapage.noos.fr/memoires-de-siam
www.netmarine.net

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