François Timothée Benjamin Pestel (1763-1828)

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François Timothée Benjamin Pestel

NationalityFrench
RolesDesigner, Ship Builder
Date of Birth13.12.1763 - Honfleur ref:673
First Known Service4.3.1793ref:673
WifeMarie Céleste Nepveu - Married 1796, Saint-Servan ref:673
BrotherFWAS1786
Last Known Service5.10.1821ref:673
Date of Death28.3.1828 - Toulon ref:673

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
			Appointed Chevalier l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis	ref:673
4.3.1793	19.1.1794	Appointed Elève Ingenieur Constructeur de la Marine at Brest	ref:673
20.1.1794	9.3.1795	Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de la Marine at Brest	ref:673
1795		Designed Consolante Class (1795) - 44 gun Frigate
10.3.1795	11.7.1795	Appointed Sous-Ingénieur de la Marine at Saint-Servan	ref:673
12.7.1795	20.3.1796	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Troisième Classe de la Marine at Saint-Servan	ref:673
22.4.1796	21.4.1802	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Saint-Servan	ref:673
1799		Designed Curieux Class (1799) - 16 gun Brig
20.9.1800		Launched Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804 French 16 Gun Unrated Brig , Brig at St Malo - Brittany	FWAS1786
22.4.1802	1.1.1803	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Brest	ref:673
29.6.1802		Launched L'Atalante (44) 1802-1806 French 44 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at St Malo - Brittany	FWAS1786
1803		Designed Palinure Class (1803) - 16 gun Brig-Corvette
1.2.1803	12.8.1803	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Saint-Servan	ref:673
13.8.1803	26.5.1805	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Saint-Servan	ref:673
27.5.1805	22.7.1805	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Brest	ref:673
23.7.1805	30.6.1808	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Genoa	ref:673
1.7.1808	30.7.1810	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at La Spezia	ref:673
1.8.1810	1.1.1811	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Seconde Classe de la Marine at Toulon	ref:673
2.1.1811	30.11.1811	Appointed Ingénieur Ordinaire de Première Classe de la Marine at Toulon	ref:673
1.12.1811	11.11.1816	Appointed Directeur de la Première Direction Forestière	ref:673
12.11.1816	10.1.1818	Appointed Directeur de la Seconde Direction Forestière at Tours	ref:673
11.1.1818	5.10.1821	Appointed Sous-Directeur des Constructions Navales at Brest	ref:673
28.4.1821		Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneur	ref:673

Notes on Officer

Rank no dateref:673

Directeur de Seconde Classe des Construtions Navales

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWAS1786Stephen S. Roberts, Rif Winfield, Book

ref:673 Web Site

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