Dumaitz de Goimpy

François-Louis-Edme-Gabriel, Comte du Maitz de Goimpy, seen in some English-language histories as Dumaitz de Goimpy, was a French naval commander. He fought in the Battle of Martinique (1780), and commanded the 74 gun Destin at the 1781 Battle of the Chesapeake.[1] He was also an active lecturer at the Académie de Marine.

References

  1. ↑ Gardiner Asa (1905). The order of the Cincinnati in France, p. 128


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