In recognition for his role, Duperré was made pair de France on 16 July 1830.Īfter the July Revolution, all pairages were cancelled as a whole. The fleet of the invasion of Algiers was 103 warships strong, with 572 freighters ferrying 35 000 soldiers, 3 800 horses and 91 heavy guns. Though Duperré was critical towards the expedition against Algiers, Charles X made him commander of the fleet which ferried troops under Bourmont to depose the Algerian Regency. In 1827, he was made Préfet maritime of Brest and inspector of the 5th arrondissement militaire. In October 1823, he was made vice-admiral, grand officier de la Légion d'honneur and Commander of the Order of Saint Louis in 1824. He commanded the squadron which blockaded Cadiz during the war which reinstated Ferdinand VII of Spain on the throne. In 1818, he was brought back to active duty. The attack of Admiral Duperré during the take-over of Algiers in 1830.ĭuperré was made Préfet maritime of Toulon during the Hundred Days, and was retired during the Bourbon Restoration.
In 1814, he defended Venice against Austria. In recognition, Duperré was promoted to contre-amiral when he returned to France in September 1811.įrom 1812 to 1814, Duperré commanded the Italian and French naval forces in the Mediterrean and the Adriatic. The naval victory made its way on the Arc de Triomphe. On 23 August 1810, he won the Battle of Grand Port, completely destroying a British squadron. On 6 December 1810, Duperré was made Baron of the Empire.ĭuperré was sent to the Isle de France (now Mauritius) aboard the frigate Bellone, fighting several British ships in the process, notably the Action of 3 July 1810. Napoléon made him a capitaine de vaisseau and knight of the Légion d'honneur, before promoting him to Commodore. In 1808, commanding the frigate Sirène, he led a troop convoy to Martinique returning to France, he was intercepted by a British blockade off Lorient, and managed to escape by beaching his ship. Back to France, he was promoted to capitaine de frégate on 28 September. In 1806, he served off Brazil aboard the Vétéran, under Jérôme Bonaparte. In 1804, he was made a lieutenant de vaisseau, and later assistant of the préfet maritime of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
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He was exchanged two years later and made a full rank enseign, taking command of the corvette Pélagie. In June, he was captured by the British during a night fight. In May 1796, he was made an auxiliary ensign aboard the Virginie. He served against the Netherlands and Britain aboard the corvette Maire-Guiton, and later aboard the frigate Tortu. In November 1792, Duperré joined the Navy. He spent a few years with the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri at the Collège de Juilly, before enlisting at 16 on the Henri IV, a French East Indiaman. Duperré was born in La Rochelle to Jean Augustin Duperré, counselor of the king and financer for war, and Marie-Gabrielle Prat-Desprez.