Jean-François Du Cheyron
Jean-François du Cheyron, chevalier du Pavillon.
Jean-François Du Cheyron, chevalier du Pavillon (29 September 1758 – 12 April 1782) was a French naval tactician and Capitaine du vaisseau, hero of the American Revolutionary War.[1] He is considered one of the principal creators of naval communications before the era of radio.[2] Commanding the ship Triomphant he was killed at the Battle of the Saintes after being hit by a cannonball.[2]
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- (French) Levot, Jean; and Doneaud, Alfred. Les Gloires Maritimes de la France. Notices Biographiques Sur Les Plus Celebres Marins, Decouvreurs, Astronomes, Ingenieurs, Hydrographes, Medecins, Administrateurs, Etc.
- Morison, Eliot Samuel. John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography. United States Naval Institute Press.
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