French frigate Preneuse (1794)
The Preneuse was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort. She served as a commerce raider at Île de France.
Destruction of Preneuse, by Auguste Mayer
Destruction of the Preneuse
Pierre César Charles de Sercey
Vice Admiral Pierre César Charles Guillaume, Marquis de Sercey, born at the Château du Jeu, La Comelle on 26 April 1753 and died in Paris, 1st arrondissement on 10 August 1836, was a French naval officer and politician. He is best known for his service in the American Revolutionary War, his role in Saint-Domingue and the Mascarene Islands, and for commanding the French naval forces in the Indian Ocean from 1796 to 1800.
Combat des frégates françaises La Nymphe et L'Amphitrite contre le vaisseau anglais L'Argo (11 février 1783), oil on canvas, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert, 1837, Musée de l'Histoire de France.
Vue de l’incendie de la ville du Cap-Français, 21 juin 1793, painted engraving by Jean-Baptiste Chapuy, 1794, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Le Combat de la Preneuse, Auguste Mayer, Quesnel-Morinière Museum.
Sercey's name inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, west pillar, column 40.
