page_title: Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier
section_title: American Revolutionary War
hierarchical_section_title: Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier / Biography / American Revolutionary War
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting of the Battle of Cuddalore (June 20th 1783) between the French navy commanded by the Bailli de Suffren and the British one under the orders of Rear-Admiral Edward Hughes Français&#160;: Bataille de Gondelour près de la côte de Coromandel, le 20 juin 1783. Les vaisseaux de Suffren (à gauche) affronte l'escadre de Hughes (à droite).
context_page_description: Louis Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier, known as Antoine de Thomassin, comte de Peynier was an officer of the French Royal Navy and a colonial administrator of the Kingdom of France.
context_section_description: In 1778, France entered the American Revolutionary War, triggering an Anglo-French War. In 1780, at the request of Lafayette, France sent a 38-ship squadron under De Grasse, ferrying 7,000 men under Lieutenant-General Rochambeau. Peynier took part inthe Battle of Martinique on 17 April 1780, commanding the 64-gun Artésien. 
  With the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1780, France and the Dutch Republic found themselves allied against the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Dutch expected the British to send an expeditionary force to try and capture their Dutch Cape Colony, and Suffren was given command of a 5-ship squadron to reinforce it. Peynier became the commander of the second wave of reinforcements sent to Suffren in 1782. Although the British captured part of the convoy, Peynier managed to land troops at the Dutch Cape Colony and sailed on to make his junction with Suffren. At the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783, Peynier was captain of the fleet for the van of the French squadron, with his flag on the 74-gun Fendant. 
  At the Peace of Paris, Suffren was recalled to France, and Thomassin de Peynier kept command of the French fleet in the Indian Ocean until 1786 with the position of squadron leader, which he obtained in 1784.
  After the American War of Independence, Peynier went to the United States where he was admitted in the Society of the Cincinnati, receiving his diploma from George Washington.
  In 1786, Peynier returned to France. The following year, he obtained the command of a frigate in Brest. 
  In 1787, in Béarn, he married Jeanne Timothée Marthe Angélique d'Arros d'Argelos (born 24 January 1761), daughter of Chef d'Escadre Jean-François d'Arros d'Argelos and his wife Mademoiselle de Lahaye (1726–1791). They had two daughters.
caption: The Battle of Gondelour 20 June 1783, which Peynier participated under the command of Suffren. The latter leads the 16 ships of his squadron to victory against the 18 of Hughes. 1836 painting by Auguste Jugelet (1805-1875).
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