Rémi Monaque
Born	24 August 1936
Occupation	Naval officer
Rank	contre-amiral
Branch	French Navy

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

Biography

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]

Sources and references

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

References