Episode 4 of 4

Court-Martial of Chaumareys

When: 1817
Where: Port de Rochefort (trial site, outside allowed places)
Part of: French frigate Méduse runs aground off Senegal; the raft scandal

Captain Chaumareys was tried in 1817 and found guilty of incompetent navigation.

At his court-martial at Port de Rochefort in 1817, Chaumareys was acquitted of abandoning his squadron but found guilty of incompetent and complacent navigation and abandoning the ship before all passengers were taken off.

Sources

French frigate Méduse (1810) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-05

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