Hubert Le Loup de Beaulieu

Hubert Le Loup de Beaulieu (died 1 March 1799) was a French Navy officer and sea captain. and as first enseign on the chartered corvette Sage armed for Mauritius on 1 May 1766. He commanded the frigate Forte in Sercey's squadron. but reinstated on the insistence of Mauritius governor Malartic, who caved in to pressure from the Colonial Assembly and sent Prudente and Forte to engage in independent commerce raiding off Bengal, disturbing Sercey's plans. Sercey was furious, and wrote to the Ministry of the Navy: General Malartic knew that I intended not to leave such an important command as that of Forte in the hands of Captain Beaulieu, whose age and weariness have weakened the faculties. unbeknownst to Beaulieu-Leloup, the flashes of the battle were spotted by the 38-gun HMS Sybille, under Captain Edward Cooke, which closed in to investigate. but Beaulieu-Leloup insisted that she was another East Indiaman and sent his crew to sleep for the night. Lieutenant Luco took over and attempted to manoeuver Forte, but her entire rigging collapsed, putting an end to her resistance.

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