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Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys, (born December 20 1763, in Vars-sur-Roseix, died 23 November 1841 at Bussière-Boffy) was a French naval officer, the "incompetent and complacent" captain of the frigate La Méduse when it ran aground off the coast of Mauritania on 2 July 1816 and circa 151 people died. On 5 July 1816, at least 147 people were set adrift on a hurriedly constructed raft; all but 15 died in the 13 days before their rescue, and the survivors endured starvation, dehydration and cannibalism (the Custom of the sea). The event was an international scandal, in part because of his incompetence, having been appointed by the newly restored Bourbon King Louis XVIII by virtue of his nobility and royalist actions, even though he had hardly sailed in 20 years.

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  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (* 20. Dezember 1763; † 23. November 1841) war der verantwortliche Kapitän für die Schiffskatastrophe des französischen Schiffs Méduse, eines der bekanntesten Schiffsunglücke während der Segelschiffzeit. (de)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys, (born December 20 1763, in Vars-sur-Roseix, died 23 November 1841 at Bussière-Boffy) was a French naval officer, the "incompetent and complacent" captain of the frigate La Méduse when it ran aground off the coast of Mauritania on 2 July 1816 and circa 151 people died. On 5 July 1816, at least 147 people were set adrift on a hurriedly constructed raft; all but 15 died in the 13 days before their rescue, and the survivors endured starvation, dehydration and cannibalism (the Custom of the sea). The event was an international scandal, in part because of his incompetence, having been appointed by the newly restored Bourbon King Louis XVIII by virtue of his nobility and royalist actions, even though he had hardly sailed in 20 years. In February 1817 he escaped the death penalty but was sentenced to three years imprisonment by his court-martial at Port de Rochefort. He was found guilty of incompetent and complacent navigation and of abandoning Méduse before all her passengers had been taken off. In 1818–19 the French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault created the iconic Scène de Naufrage (Shipwreck Scene) which hangs in the Louvre as The Raft of the Medusa. (en)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (né le 20 décembre 1763 à Vars-sur-Roseix, dans l'actuel département de la Corrèze, alors dans la province du Limousin et mort le 23 novembre 1841 à Bussière-Boffy) est un officier de marine français, surtout connu pour avoir été le capitaine de la La Méduse au moment de son naufrage en 1816. (fr)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (Vars-sur-Roseix, 23 novembre 1763 – Bussière-Boffy, 23 novembre 1841) è stato un militare francese, famoso per essere stato il comandante della fregata Méduse al momento del suo naufragio, nel 1816. (it)
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  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (* 20. Dezember 1763; † 23. November 1841) war der verantwortliche Kapitän für die Schiffskatastrophe des französischen Schiffs Méduse, eines der bekanntesten Schiffsunglücke während der Segelschiffzeit. (de)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (né le 20 décembre 1763 à Vars-sur-Roseix, dans l'actuel département de la Corrèze, alors dans la province du Limousin et mort le 23 novembre 1841 à Bussière-Boffy) est un officier de marine français, surtout connu pour avoir été le capitaine de la La Méduse au moment de son naufrage en 1816. (fr)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (Vars-sur-Roseix, 23 novembre 1763 – Bussière-Boffy, 23 novembre 1841) è stato un militare francese, famoso per essere stato il comandante della fregata Méduse al momento del suo naufragio, nel 1816. (it)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys, (born December 20 1763, in Vars-sur-Roseix, died 23 November 1841 at Bussière-Boffy) was a French naval officer, the "incompetent and complacent" captain of the frigate La Méduse when it ran aground off the coast of Mauritania on 2 July 1816 and circa 151 people died. On 5 July 1816, at least 147 people were set adrift on a hurriedly constructed raft; all but 15 died in the 13 days before their rescue, and the survivors endured starvation, dehydration and cannibalism (the Custom of the sea). The event was an international scandal, in part because of his incompetence, having been appointed by the newly restored Bourbon King Louis XVIII by virtue of his nobility and royalist actions, even though he had hardly sailed in 20 years. (en)
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  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (de)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (en)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (fr)
  • Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (it)
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