Date of birth:

November 30th, 1900 (Bordeaux, Gironde, Gallia Aquitania, France)

Date of death:

April 1982 (Beaussac, Dordogne, Gallia Aquitania, France)

Nationality:

French

00.00.1919: entered the French Navy
01.10.1920: enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe - Toulon
01.10.1922: enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe
23.01.1927: lieutenant de vaisseau
01.01.1932: capitaine de corvette, harbour Toulon
29.10.1938-21.05.1940: capitaine de frégate, commander of the destroyer 'Adroit'
21.05.1940: French destroyer 'Adroit' was bombed and sunk in shallow water off Dunkirk at 1200 PM by German Heinkel-111 aircraft. The ship didn't explode and lay on the beach of Malo-les-Bains.
Only one man was injured, the rest of the crew was safe and served on shore batteries until the French capitulation. The wreck lies in 17 meters of water in position 51º03'42"N, 02º23'20"E.

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