Villeneuve Garde de la Marine — 1778

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A French arsenal waterfront. Not a likeness.

Overview

The entry is already on Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral. He entered the Royal French Navy as a garde de la marine in 1778 at age fifteen.¹

This note covers that 1778 entry only. A later rank date, a school, and a ship rate stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Valensole — Provence already used the 31 December 1763 birthplace and left this entry on the Villeneuve note. Villeneuve Reinstated — May 1795 is the reinstatement, not this entry. Suffren — Indian Ocean 1782–83 already used the 1782–83 service. Marseillois stays rate-unknown.²

Entered as garde de la marine in 1778 at age fifteen: Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral. ↩
Birthplace stays on Valensole — Provence. 1782–83 stays on Suffren — Indian Ocean 1782–83. Do not invent a later rank date from this page. Do not write Marseillois as a rated ship. ↩