Pierre-Augustin Moncousu

{{Short description|French naval officer}}

Pierre Augustin Moncousu ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ oɡystɛ̃ mɔ̃kuzy}}; August 1756Levot, p.355 – 6 July 1801Levot, p.356) was a French naval officer.

Career

Moncousu was born in Baugé. He took part in the Battle of Groix commanding Redoutable, and died at the First Battle of Algeciras.

Family

Moncousu's first-born son was also named Pierre-Augustin, and served in the Navy as well. Ensign in 1815, he was expelled from the Navy after fomenting a plot with five other officers to ferry Napoléon from Rochefort to the United States.Levot, p.357

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  • {{cite book|title=Les gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins|last=Levot|first=Prosper|authorlink=Prosper Levot|year=1866|publisher=Bertrand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=08O_XGLO43QC|language=French}}
  • Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations; divisions et stations navales; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790–1826) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313094510/http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/contenu/dc.html?id=FRSHD_PUB_00000226_dc]

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Category:French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars

Category:French naval commanders of the Napoleonic Wars

Category:1801 deaths

Category:French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars

Category:1756 births