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Pierre Alexandre Pastour de Costebelle

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Pierre Alexandre Pastour de Costebelle (Nyons, 20 February 1750 – Bellone, off Paris, 1791) was a French Navy officer.[1]

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In November 1782, Costebelle was at Ceylon, in command of Naïade,[2] a 20-gun corvette. [3]

He took part in the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783, commanding the 40-gun frigate Consolante.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Louis Jérôme Charles François de BERNIER Marquis de PIERREVERT". Parcours de vie dans la Royale. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ Cunat (1852), p. 87.
  3. ^ Roche (2005), p. 321, volume 1.
  4. ^ Cunat (1852), p. 303.

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