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Ferdinand Alphonse Hamelin | |
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Born | Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, Normandy, France | 2 September 1796
Died | 2 January 1864 | (aged 67)
Allegiance | First French Empire, Second French Republic |
Service | French Navy |
Years of service | 1806 – 1860 |
Rank | Admiral |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Legion of Honor |
Relations | Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin |
Other work | Minister of Marine |
Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (2 September 1796 – 10 January 1864), French admiral, was born in Pont-l'Évêque, Normandy. He was the nephew of Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, a successful rear admiral in the French Navy of the Napoleonic era.