René Duguay-Trouin [SEP] place of birth
René Duguay-Trouin
René Trouin, Sieur du Gué, usually called René Duguay-Trouin, (10 June 1673 in Saint Malo – 1736) was a famous Breton corsair of Saint-Malo. He had a brilliant privateering and naval career and eventually became "Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies of the King" (i.e. Vice admiral) (French:"Lieutenant-Général des armées navales du roi"), and a Commander in the Order of Saint-Louis. Ten ships of the French Navy were named in his
Battle at The Lizard
The naval Battle of the Lizard () took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and an English convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards.
Duguay-Trouin and Forbin were two of the most successful French naval commanders and they caused much damage to the allied merchant fleet.
Battle.
On 20 October 1707 a large merchant fleet consisting of 80 to 130