François Caron (French Navy officer)
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{{Infobox military person|birth_date=6 August 1937|branch=French Navy|rank=contre-amiral }}
François Michel Marie Ignace Caron (b. 6 August 1937) is a French Navy officer and historian.
Biography
Caron was born to the family of a Navy captain, and joined the École navale in 1957.{{cite web |last1=Rouxel |first1=Jean-Christophe |title=François Michel Marie Ignace CARON |url=http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/officiers_caron_francois.htm |website=Parcours de vie dans la Navale |access-date=15 May 2020}}
He captained several submarines before becoming first officer on the missile destroyer Duquesne, and later captain of the T 53-class destroyer La Galissonnière.
He retired with the rank of contre-amiral.
Works
- {{cite book |last1=Caron |first1=François |author-link1=François Caron (French Navy officer)|title=La Guerre incomprise ou les raison d'un échec (capitulation de Louisbourg) |date=1983 |publisher=Service historique de la marine | isbn=9782110911360 |oclc=879045239}}
- {{cite book |last1=Caron |first1=François |author-link1=François Caron (French Navy officer)|title=La Victoire volée - Bataille de la Chesapeake |date=1989 |publisher=Service historique de la marine |oclc=23254405}}
- {{cite book |last1=Caron |first1=François |author-link1=François Caron (French Navy officer)|title=La guerre incomprise, ou, Le mythe de Suffren: la campagne en Inde, 1781-1783 |date=1996 |publisher=Service historique de la marine |oclc=463973942}}
- {{cite book |last1=Van Hille |first1=Jean-Marc |last2=Caron |first2=François |author-link2=François Caron (French Navy officer)|title=Les vicissitudes d'un marin provençal, le contre-amiral Jean-Gaspard Vence |date=1998 |publisher=Service historique de la marine |oclc=572778855 |others=Preface by contre-amiral François Caron}}
Sources and references
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External links
- {{cite web |last1=Rouxel |first1=Jean-Christophe |title=François Michel Marie Ignace CARON |url=http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/officiers_caron_francois.htm |website=Parcours de vie dans la Navale |access-date=15 May 2020}}
- {{cite web |title=François Caron |url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/12187505/francois_caron/ |website=BNF Data |access-date=15 May 2020}}
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