Cyprien Renaudin
Mathieu-Cyprien Renaudin (27 March 1757 in Saint-Denis d'Oléron – ?) was a French Navy officer. He was the cousin of Jean François Renaudin.[1]
Career
Renaudin started sailing as a seaman in 1781 before rising to Ensign on the 20-gun corvette Perdrix.[1]
On 13 May 1793, he was appointed first officer to the frigate Andromaque, under Jean François Renaudin, on which he sustained a fight against a ship of the line and four Spanish frigates.[2]
On 26 February 1794, Renaudin was appointed first officer on the 74-gun Vengeur du Peuple, still under his cousin. He took part in the Glorious First of June, survived the sinking of Vengeur and was taken prisoner by the British.[1] His report states that he refused to follow Captain Renaudin when he abandoned his ship, and stayed behind to attempt and rescue the wounded of Vengeur.[3]
In 1800, Renaudin was Captain, and was Perrée's flag officer on Généreux at the Battle of the Malta Convoy.[4] There, he was captured with the surrender of Généreux. He was subsequently honourably acquitted during the automatic court-martial for the loss of his ship.[5]
A street of Saint Denis d'Oléron was named in his honour.[6]
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Bibliography
- Bodiou, Jean (2010). Un marin d'infortune: Mathieu-Cyprien Renaudin héros méconnu du Vengeur (in French). Le Croît Vif. ISBN 978-2-36199-001-5.
- Diaz de Soria, Ollivier-Zabulon (1954). Le Marseillois, devenu plus tard le Vengeur du peuple (in French). F. Robert et fils.
- Levot, Prosper (1866). Les gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins (in French). Bertrand.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 3. Challamel ainé.
- Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826)