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Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez

Source: encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com. Posted on 08 December 2004.

The statue of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez in the habor has been there for ages. But who was this guy?

Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez (July 17, 1729 - December 8, 1788), French admiral, was the third son of the marquis de Saint-Tropez, head of a family of nobles of Provence which claimed to have emigrated from Lucca in the 14th century. He was born in the Château de Saint Canat in the present départment of Aix. He was most famous for his campaign in the Indian Ocean, in which he successfully contended for supremacy against the established British power there, led by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.

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