Rémi Monaque

Rear-Admiral Rémi Léon Louis Marie Joseph Monaque^[1] (b. 24 August 1936)^[2][3] is a French Navy officer and naval historian.

Monaque joined the École navale in 1955,^[4] and was promoted to Ensign 2nd class on 1 October 1956, and to Ensign 1st class on 1 October 1958.^[1]

By then a Lieutenant de vaisseau, Monaque took command of the River-class frigate Découverte in April 1971. On 21 May 1976, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander and was given command of the T52-type frigate Béarnais.^[1][5][3] He later captained the Georges Leygues-class frigate Jean de Vienne.^[3]

Transferred ashore, he worked at the Navy General staff, in the Ministry of Defence and at the École supérieure de guerre navale.^[3]

Monaque retired from the Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral after a 37-year career.^[4]

Monaque has authored several books about the French Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the navy of the First French Empire.^[6]

Publications

• Monaque, Rémi (1995). L'Ecole de guerre navale (in French). Vincennes: Service historique de la marine.^[7]
• Monaque, Rémi (2000). Latouche-Tréville, l’amiral qui défiait Nelson (in French). Paris.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^[2]
• Monaque, Rémi (2000). Les aventures de Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville, compagnon de La Fayette et commandant de l'Hermione (in French). Paris: SPM.
• Monaque, Rémi (2005). Trafalgar (in French). Paris: Tallandier. ISBN 9782286018696. Grand Prix de la Fondation Napoléon.^[8]
• Monaque, Rémi (2009). Suffren - Un destin inachevé (in French). Paris: Tallandier. ISBN 9782847343335.
• Monaque, Rémi (2016). Une histoire de la marine de guerre française (in French). Paris: Perrin. ISBN 978-2-262-03715-4., Grand prix de l'Académie de marine 2017

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