Rémi Monaque
Real-Admiral Rémi Léon Louis Marie Joseph Monaque is a French Navy officer and naval historian.Biography
Monaque joined the École navale in 1955, rising the Ensign 2nd class on 1 October 1956, and to Ensign 1st class on 1 October 1958.
By then a Lieutenant de vaisseau, Monaque took command of the River-class frigate Découverte in April 1971. On 21 May 1976, he has been promoted to Lieutenant-Commander and was given command of the T52-type frigate Béarnais. He later captain the , and the Jean de Vienne.
Transferred ashore, he worked at the Navy General staff, in the Ministry of Defence and at the École supérieure de guerre navale.
Monaque retired from the Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral after a 37-year career.
Monaque has authored several books about the French Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the navy of the First French Empire.
