Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca
| Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca | |
|---|---|
 Bust of Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca | |
| Born |
February 7, 1762 Vescovato, Haute-Corse, Corsican Republic |
| Died |
August 1, 1798 (36 years of age) Aboukir Bay killed in action |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of France |
| Service/branch |
Royal French Navy (French: Marine royale française)  French Navy of the Republic(French: Marine de la République) |
| Rank | Capitaine de vaisseau |
| Commands held | L' Orient |
| Battles/wars | |
| Other work | Depute of Corsica at the Convention |
Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca (French: Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca), born February 7, 1762 in Vescovato, Haute-Corse, Corsican Republic (French: République corse) and died August 1, 1798, was an officer of the French Navy of France in the 18th century.
Career
Casabianca distinguished himself in the Royal French Navy (French: Marine royale), was depute of Corsica at the Convention (French: Convention), then became member of the Council of Five Hundred (French: conseil des Cinq-Cents). He was the Commandant of L' Orient, the Admiral Vessel (French: Vaisseau-Amrial) which carried Napoleon during his Expedition in Egypt (French: Campagne d'Égypte).
During the Naval battle of Aboukir (French: Bataille d'Aboukir (1798)) of August 1, 1798, where Admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet in the Aboukir Bay, Casabianca fought with heroism until his death. During the course of battle, he ordered Giocante, his 12-year-old son who accompanied him, to remain in a section of the ship until he called for him. While the naval vessel was on fire, the boy, who ignored that his father was not alive, refused to leave his post without receiving his orders. The fire reached the gunpowder section; while the cannons were abandoned, the child perished in the explosion as well as a big part of the equipage.
Posterity
Literature
Felicia Hemans had made of the death of Giocante Casabianca the subject of a Casabianca poem (French: Casabianca) which is an American classical literature in the primary Anglo-Saxon classes.
Homages
His name was given successively to six naval vessels (French: bâtiments)[1] of the French Navy:
- a Djerme, an armed sail boat on the Nil (1798)
- an Aviso with paddle wheel (1859–1877)
- an Aviso-Torpilleur (French: torpilleur) Iberville Class (French: type d'Iberville) (1895–1915)
- a 1500 tons class submarine, Casabianca (Q183) (1936–1952), hero of the Liberation of Corsica (French: libération de l'île) during Second World War.
- a Squadron Escorteur (French: Escorteurs d'escadre) type 47 (D631), (1954–1983)
- a Rubis class nuclear attack submarines, Casabianca (S603) (1987–)
See also
References
- "Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "article name needed". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.