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French settlement at Chandannagar, 1749
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1media/banniere_navire.jpg2021-07-22T13:26:57-04:00Chandernagor (Chandannagar)52Port in South Asiagoogle_maps2021-08-20T11:20:50-04:0010/31/1754 - 02/24/175522.87, 88.38 The Prince de Conti was in the vicinity of Chandannagar from 31 October 1754 to 24 February 1755.
The ship spent almost four months in the vicinity of Chandannagar, where 13 people left the ship, and 49 people joined on.
Among those who disembarked were seven who were admitted to a hospital at Chandannagar, five of whom died.
The five who died where:
An Irish Dominican monk, François Philippe (or Philippes) (n° 7)
A sailor, François-Claude Houzé (n° 59) - died of a deposit in the chest
A sailor, Yves-Joseph Le Gal (n° 77) - died of "flux de sang" (dysentery)
A 17-year-old novice, Joseph-René Balluet (or Ballüet) (n° 105) - died of dysentery
A supernumerary ensign, Philippe Dujardin (n° 272)
The two who stayed ill in hospital were:
A cooper, Jean-Mathurin Gaubert (n° 61)
A sailor, Jean-Michel Quervella (or Kervalla)
The six who disembarked for unspecified reasons were:
Two surgeons, Hervé-Jean Dubois (n° 30) and Roussel (n° 269)
One cook/domestic servant, Jean-Jacques La Noë (n° 116)
One 12-year-old stowaway, Jean Nougay (n° 268)
Two aristocratic passengers, De La Villebague Ribretierre (n° 270) and "Le Comte" (n° 271)
One additional death occurred while the ship was in the vicinity of Chandannagar. A 22-year-old caulker/sailor named Jean-Toussaint Chaudrelec (n° 53) drowned in the Ganges on 1 January 1755. It did not bode well for the second year of the voyage.
Among those who embarked on the Prince de Conti at Chandannagar was a group 25 South Asian lascars, several of whom died on the voyage. The rest worked on the ship until they disembarked at Port Louis before the ship returned to Europe.