Antoine-Stanislas de Curières de Castelnau Saint-Cosme Sainte-Eulalie (Saint-Cosme, Aveyron, 1740 — Lyon, September 1783) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, and became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.[1]
Biography[edit]
Sainte-Eulalie joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine in 1755. He took part in the Battle of Minorca on 20 May 1756.[1]
He took part in the Larache expedition in 1765 under Du Chaffault, where he was gravely wounded and earned a promotion to Lieutenant for his conduct.[1]
In 1777, he captained the 18-gun corvette Flèche. The year after, he transferred to the 26-gun frigate Aimable, part of the squadron under Vice-amiral d'Estaing.[1] He took part in the Battle of Rhode Island on 29 August 1778, in the Battle of St. Lucia on 15 December 1778, and in the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779, where he was wounded.[1]
Sainte-Eulalie was then given command of the 32-gun frigate Railleuse, on which he took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, and in the subsequent Siege of Yorktown.[1]
In 1782, he was given command of the 64-gun Vaillant, which he sailed to France. He then captained the 74-gun Magnanime and Téméraire.[1]
He died in September 1783.[1]
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References
- Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.