Julien Cosmao
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Counter-Admiral Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for his actions duri
Portrait by Auguste Étienne François Mayer, c. 1835
The Franco-Spanish squadron under Cosmao attacking Diamond Rock in 1805
Cosmao's name on the Arc de Triomphe (fourth from bottom right)
French Imperial Navy
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The French Imperial Navy was the navy of the First French Empire which existed between 1804 and 1815. It was formed in May 1804 from the navy of the French First Republic, and spent its existence figh
Julien Cosmao
…1825 (aged 63) Brest, France Buried St Martin Cemetery, Brest Allegiance Kingdom of France French First Republic First French Empire Branch French Navy French Imperial Navy Service years 1776–1816 Rank Counter admiral Commands Tonnant Pluton Conflicts American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars…
View of the Port of Brest by Jean-François Hue, 1794
1850 illustration of Napoleon inspecting the Imperial Navy's Cherbourg squadron in May 1811
1836 painting of Bucentaure at Trafalgar by Auguste Mayer
The 1810 Battle of Grand Port, the Imperial Navy's greatest victory over the British