Statue of Admiral DUPERRE (1775-1846) in La Rochelle. Guy-Victor, baron Duperré, born in La Rochelle, was "ship's boy, captain, admiral". "Admiral of France" (the highest navy rank), peer  of France, minister of the navy. He was the chief of the naval expedition to Algiers in 1830
photograph by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jebulon" title="User:Jebulon">Jebulon</a> Statue by Pierre Hébert (1868)
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