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Vincent-Marie Moulac (Lorient, 2 March 1778 - Callao, 5 April 1836.) was a French naval officer and privateer. == Career == Moulac volunteered as a boy in 1790, aged 12, and sailed with merchantmen to Ile de France. He then served on the 74-gun ''Thémistocle''. In 1793, promoted to helmsman, he served on ''Orion''. In 1794, he was promoted to midshipman and appointed to the frigate ''Bellone''. In May 1796, he served on the privateer ''Morgant'', which was captured by the British in June. Moulac was detained for two years before being released. By the Peace of Lunéville in 1801, he was serving on the frigate ''Uranie'', but as he was only an auxiliary officer, he could not maintain his appointment and had to sail to commerce. He later served as a first lieutenant on the privateer ''Frères Unis'', only to be captured again on 27 April 1804. A few months later, he was recruited by Robert Surcouf to serve as first officer on his privateer ''Caroline'', under Nicolas Surcouf. In 1805, Moulac was promoted to Ensign in the Navy. He served as first officer on Surcouf's privateer ''Revenant'', under Captain Joseph Potier, and took part in the capture of the Portuguese ''Conceçáo-de-Santo-Antonio''.〔Cunat, p.414〕 and appointed to the ''Iéna''. On 8 October 1808, ''Iéna'' as captured off the Sandheads of Bengal river, by the 44-gun HMS ''Modeste'', under Captain George Elliot,〔James, William, (Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV.'' ), Richard Bentley, London (1837). Vol V, p.73〕 after a 9-hour chase and a 2hour and a half fight. Released, he was appointed second officer on ''Minerve'', under Pierre Bouvet. He took part in the Battle of Grand Port, where he captained the Indiaman ''Ceylon'', previously captured by the French〔Troude, ''op. cit.'', p. 88〕 and was twice wounded. He was again taken prisoner at the Invasion of Île de France in December 1810. Release in November 1811 and promoted to Lieutenant, he was appointed to ''Clorinde'', under Commander René Joseph Marie Denis-Lagarde, and was once again captured when ''Clorinde'', after fighting a bitted nut indicisive battle against HMS ''Eurotas'', was captured in a disabled state by HMS ''Dryad'' and ''Achates''. In January 1817, Moulac was given command of the 22-gun corvette ''Bayardère'' for a hydrography mission off Africa. In January 1817, he took part in slave trading repression, commanding the brig ''Écureuil'' off Senegal.〔Fonds Marine, p. 521〕 In 1822, he was promoted to Commander, and appointed as first officer on the ''Flore''. In 1825, he took command of the fluyt ''Durance'', transporting Egyptian antiques,〔 and the corvette ''Diligente'' in 1828. Promoted to Captain, he was given command of the hospital frigate ''Armide''. He was then appointed to captain the 80-gun ''Algésiras'', taking part in the Battle of the Tagus where he was the one to advise attempting to force the forts and sail upstream to Lisbon.〔Levot, ''op. cit.'', p.465〕 In 1833, he was appointed to the frigate ''Melpomène'', and the next year, to ''Flore''. He died of unknown causes on 5 April 1836 in Callao harbour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vincent Moulac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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