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Amable Gilles Troude | |
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Nickname(s) | "l'Horace français" ("the French Horatius") - Napoléon |
Born | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 1 June 1762
Died | 1 February 1824 Brest | (aged 61)
Allegiance | French Empire |
Branch | French Navy |
Rank | contre-amiral |
Commands | Formidable |
Battles / wars | Battle of Algeciras Bay Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Awards | Name engraved on the Arc de Triomphe |
Amable Gilles Troude (1 June 1762 – 1 February 1824) was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.