Henri-Louis Manceron


Henri-Louis Manceron was a French naval officer.

Naval career

He entered the École Navale in October 1864 and graduated as a aspirant 2nd class in August 1866. 1st class midshipman, he embarked on the Jean Bart then on the horse transport Aveyron and was appointed ensign in October 1869. He then went on the paddle aviso Kien-Chan then on the gunboat Frelon during the war of 1870.
A student of the Châlons School of Shooting, he served on the gunboat Gladiator then on the paddle corvette Eumenides and was promoted to lieutenant in August 1877.
From 1879 to 1881, he was on the unprotected cruiser then was a student of the lang|fr|École de Canonnage in 1882–1883 and served on the Mytho from 1883 to 1886 during the Tonkin Campaign before taking command of the gunboat Hache.
Frigate captain, second of the protected cruiser then of the ironclad , he commanded from 1891 to 1893 the cruiser Duchaffault and was appointed captain in July 1893. He then commanded the pre-dreadnought battleship , the coast defense ship and the cruiser, school-ship of application of the aspirants before entering in 1900 the Works Council.
Chief of staff of the Mediterranean squadron on the pre-dreadnought , he was appointed rear admiral in June 1903 and director of the Superior School of the Navy. In 1905 he commanded a division of the Mediterranean squadron aboard the pre-dreadnought and, after the accidental explosion of the Iéna in Toulon in 1907, passed on the Saint Louis.
Vice-admiral, acting chief of staff, he retired in January 1913.

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