About Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas
Lived 1758 – 1805 (aged 46). Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas was a French naval officer.
Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas (; Raillette, Fumel, 7 December 1758 — Berwick, off Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 ) was a French Navy officer and captain.
Career Filhol-Camas started sailing as an assistant pilot in 1774 on the merchantman Superbe, of the French East India Company. He then joined another merchantman, Sainte Anne, bound for Ile de France.
He joined the French Royal Navy on 10 October 1778
On 9 August 1803, Filhol-Camas was appointed to the frigate Muiron. On Berwick, Filhol-Camas took part in the Battle of Diamond Rock, the Battle of Cape Finisterre and the Battle of Trafalgar. At the Battle of Trafalgar, Filhol-Camas was hit by a round shot and killed instantly, his body cut in two pieces.
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Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas was born on 7 December 1758 in Fumel.
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Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas died on 21 October 1805 in Battle of Trafalgar.
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Jean-Gilles Filhol de Camas was a naval officer.
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