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99 unusual facts about Toulon


2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship

Alternating between France and Italy, the next four championships were held in Biarritz, Treviso again, Toulon and once more in Treviso in 2010.

2nd Cavalry Division Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro

In December 1942, the division moved to France as part of the Italian occupying forces where it was based in Toulon.

A Ship of the Line

When Hornblower encounters a squadron of four French ships of the line that have broken through the English blockade of Toulon, he attacks them despite the odds of four to one, and manages to disable or heavily damage all of them.

Alberto Ramírez

In 2005, he was selected for the under-21 national squad for a tournament in Toulon.

Allemand's expedition of 1805

He remained with the Atlantic fleet for the next two years and in 1808 commanded a second successful operation in the Atlantic, carrying reinforcements to the Mediterranean Fleet at Toulon.

In March 1805, the French Mediterranean Fleet sailed from Toulon under Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve for an extended cruise to the West Indies, ultimately under orders to link with the French Atlantic Fleet based at Brest.

André Marquis

André Marquis (24 October 1883 - 15 October 1957) was a French Vichyist admiral, famous for the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.

Marquis was préfet maritime of Toulon, and as such, responsible for the administration of the city.

Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau

The next year, he returned to Toulon with every ship-of-the-line in his squadron unharmed and a great quantity of supplies drawn from Livorno and Genoa.

Antoine-Charles Vauthier

Vauthier was a collector of plants and insects in Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro in December 1831 and returning to France, arriving at the port of Toulon on 21 May 1833.

Auguste de Marmont

His love of soldiering soon showed itself, and his father took him to Dijon to learn mathematics prior to entering the artillery, and there he made the acquaintance of Napoleon Bonaparte, which he renewed after obtaining his commission when he served in Toulon.

Barthélemy Catherine Joubert

After the battle, his remains were brought to Toulon and buried in Fort La Malgue, and the French Directory paid tribute to his memory by a ceremony of public mourning (16 September 1799).

Basilio García

Basilio Antonio García y Velasco (Logroño, 1791 - Toulon, 1844), known as "Don Basilio de Logroño" in the newspapers of that time, was a Spanish soldier and Carlist military commander.

Battle of the Mediterranean

This was thwarted by determined action by French commanders; the bulk of the fleet was scuttled at anchor.

In 1942, as part of the occupation of Vichy France during "Case Anton", the Germans intended to capture the French fleet at Toulon.

Bayan-class cruiser

The design for the Bayan-class was developed by the MTK (Morskoi Tekhnicheskii Komitet, or Naval Technical Committee), consisting of representatives of the Russian shipbuilding, armaments, and engineering industries, and the contract was given to the French shipyard Compagnie des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée à la Seine based in Toulon.

Capture of San Pietro and Sant'Antioco

Without endeavouring more, the fleet stationed at San Pietro, claiming the uncertain situation at home, then sailed for Toulon.

Carrier Air Wing Eleven

The carrier group got to visit Naples and Toulon, and instead of returning through the Suez Canal which they had used to transit to the Mediterranean, USS Enterprise transited through the Strait of Gibraltar and cruised the southern cape of Africa before venturing across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific back home.

Charlemagne-class battleship

Saint Louis became the flagship of the squadron almost as soon as she reached Toulon and all three participated in a number of port visits and naval reviews.

Charles Baudin

In 1812, as Lieutenant and Commander of the brig Rénard before Genoa, he received the order to convey 14 munitions-laden cargo vessels to Toulon.

Charles Bordes

He remained actively involved with the original Schola Cantorum until his early death at Toulon.

Chasseurs d'Afrique

It was engaged in several battles during the taking of Toulon, in the Rhone valley, through Burgundy, Alsace, and in the Black Forest.

Chris Casper

He also appeared for the England Under 21 side in Toulon in 1996.

Edward Griffith Colpoys

In 1807, Griffith took command of the new ship of the line HMS Sultan, participating in the blockade of Toulon.

Emanuel Cvjetićanin

as a Serbian administration officer with other 21 soldiers in Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer near Toulon in France.

FCM 36

The Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM), located at Toulon, had some previous experience with tank production as it had constructed the ten giant Char 2C tanks in 1921 and had been involved in the development of the Char B1.

Festival International du Film Maritime, exploration et l'environnement

The Festival International du Film Maritime, d'Exploration et d'Environnement is a film festival held annually in the Palais Neptune, Palais des Congrès, in Toulon, France.

In subsequent years, it alternated between the Gaumont Palace Cinema in Toulon, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, Port Grimaud near St-Tropez, the Centre Culturel de Châteauvallon near Toulon, the Opéra Municipal de Toulon, and finally, since its construction in 1991, the Palais Neptune at the Palais des Congrès de Toulon.

First Battle of Algeciras

As a result, the British Royal Navy became dominant in the Mediterranean Sea and imposed blockades on French and Spanish ports in the region, including the important naval bases of Toulon and Cadiz.

Force d'action navale

The minesweepers secure major French harbours, especially for the ballistic-missile submarines in Brest, and the attack submarines in Toulon.

They also stay available to secure access to Toulon, Marseille, any of the harbours of the Atlantic coast, and any Allied harbour simultaneously.

This force also operates five smaller craft which are based in Fort de France, Toulon, Papeete, Nouméa, and La Réunion.

France in the American Revolutionary War

The British avoided intercepting a French fleet that left Toulon under the comte d'Estaing in April for North America, fearing the French fleet at Brest might then be used to launch an invasion of Britain.

François Coulomb the Younger

François Coulomb the Younger (La Ciotat, 1691 - Toulon, July 1751) was a French naval architect, son of François Coulomb the Elder.

François Missoffe

François Missoffe (13 October 1919; Toulon, France – 28 August 2003; Rouen) was a French politician and diplomat.

François-André Baudin

In November 1809 Baudin was ordered to take the 80-gun ships of the line Robuste and Borée, the 74-gun Lion and the frigates Pauline and Pomone and escort a twenty ship convoy from Toulon to Barcelona to supply the Napoleonic forces fighting the Peninsular War.

Franz Schoenberner

His detention camp was the former brick works Les Milles, in Toulon.

Fred W. Stockham

Between that time and his death, he served in the Toulon sector, in the Aisne operation, and at Belleau Wood.

French ironclad Courbet

The ship was laid down at Toulon on 19 July 1875, and was launched on 27 April 1882.

French Naval Aviation

The headquarters is under command of an admiral (ALAVIA) in Toulon naval base.

French ship Le Terrible

Built in Toulon, she was launched in 1737 and took part in the Battle of Toulon in 1744.

French theatre of the late 18th century

For example, in December 1793, a member of the Committee for Public Safety, Bertrand Barère, demanded that playwrights create work about the French capture of Toulon.

Fulk Bertrand of Provence

Despite the generosity of he and his brother to Fulk, viscount of Marseilles, Fulk Bertrand made war on him in 1031, damaging Toulon.

Fusiliers Marins

Three "reinforcement and Intervention Group" (sized as a Company) in naval stations of Brest, Cherbourg and Toulon to reinforce the protection of any particular building, place, or ship.

George Johnstone Hope

At the time of Britain's entry into the war, as part of the First Coalition, Hope was serving as commander in the sloop HMS Bulldog in the Mediterranean Sea, and conducted several convoys to the forces of Lord Hood, who was besieging Toulon at the time.

German submarine U-230

She carried out three patrols and was a member of three wolfpacks before moving to the Mediterranean where she was scuttled by her crew when the Allies landed near Toulon, France.

German submarine U-303

From La Spezia U-303 moved to Toulon in occupied France, from where she was to operate against British shipping aiding in operations following the evacuation of Tunisia.

German submarine U-343

After making repairs she was able to reach her new base at Toulon on 19 January.

After training with the 8th U-boat Flotilla at Danzig, U-343 was transferred to the 3rd U-boat Flotilla, based at La Pallice in France, for front-line service on 1 November 1943, and then to the 29th U-boat Flotilla, based at Toulon on the Mediterranean coast, on 1 February 1944.

German submarine U-466

Her fifth patrol involved the U-boat's passage to Toulon in southern France.

German submarine U-755

U-755 set out on her fourth patrol on 21 March, where she was to head to Morocco, and then head off to Toulon in Vichy France.

Gonzalo Jara

He was chosen by coach Nelson Acosta to play for Chile during their 2006 tour through Europe where they played the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, Côte d'Ivoire in Toulon and Sweden in Stockholm all only months before the 2006 World Cup

Gustave Paul Cluseret

In 1888 and 1889 he was returned as a deputy to the chamber by Toulon.

Heinrich Heine

A Heine statue, originally located near Empress Elisabeth's palace in Corfu, was later rejected by Hamburg, but eventually found a home in Toulon.

Henry Heathcote

He went out to the Mediterranean late in the Napoleonic Wars, and commanded the inshore squadron during the blockade of Toulon.

Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

In 1793, due to the fact that he was on a mission to the King of Sardinia in Turin, he was near at hand when British forces captured the French port of Toulon, and he briefly took command of the British land forces there, before withdrawing upon the arrival of more senior officers.

Hifiklub

Hifiklub is an open experimental rock quartet based in Toulon.

HMS Viper

She was captured in 1793, but foundered in Hyères Bay later that year during the evacuation of Toulon.

Hotel Reserve

Andre shoots him dead and the couple speed off to Toulon, unaware that they are being tracked by the police.

II SS Panzer Corps

The corps served as a skeletal formation, overseeing the reorganization and restructure of Waffen SS combat divisions in the area of Toulon, France.

IQon Technologies

In 2006, the company established its iQon France subsidiary based in Toulon to expand sales across Europe.

James Stanier Clarke

With John McArthur, a purser in the navy and secretary to Lord Hood at Toulon, he started the Naval Chronicle, a monthly magazine of naval history and biography, which ran for twenty years.

Jean Gaspard de Vence

After the coup of Fructidor V-18 of the year was appointed Commander of Toulon arms, took an active part in preparing the fleet for the Egyptian expedition and provided logistical base in Italy, on the island of Malta and in Egypt, May 25, 1799 - Commander of Arms Rochefort.

July 20, 1800 - Maritime Prefect of Toulon, was responsible for the formation of the squadron of Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume, directed to the Barbary Coast and the squadron of Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, won a June 13, 1801 victory at the Battle of Algeciras.

Jean Gaspard de Vence (6 April 1747 – 12 March 1808) was a French privateer, admiral and Maritime Prefect of Toulon.

He commanded a 74-gun battleship «Le Duquesne» and a small naval squadron, directed to the Levant and Tunisia for a cargo of wheat to starving France, then managed to overcome the British blockade and bring food to Toulon, where he headed the ship of the line «Heureux».

Jean-Roch

Jean-Roch Pédri known as just Jean-Roch (born in Toulon, France on 3 October 1966) is a singer-songwriter, and DJ / producer of electronic music and founder of "Vip Room".

Joseph Spear

Service with the Mediterranean Fleet followed, commanding ships of the line and blockading the French in Toulon.

Julien Cosmao

From February 1791, he served aboard the Orion of the squadron of Laurent Jean François Truguet in Toulon.

L'Hermite's expedition

A French fleet had departed Toulon in March 1805 under Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, gathered Spanish ships from the Spanish Mediterranean ports and then crossed the Atlantic, under orders to disrupt British trade in the region and seize British colonies.

La Plata Astronomical Observatory

The first director of the new institution was Francisco Beuf (lieutenant of the French Army and director of the Naval Observatory of Toulon).

Lambert Jackson Woodburne

Woodburne was trained as a submariner in South Africa and thereafter in Toulon, France during 1970.

Louis Henkin

While with a 13-man artillery observation unit serving near Toulon, he was awarded the Silver Star for an incident in which he was able to use his ability to speak Yiddish as a means to negotiate the terms of the surrender of a German unit consisting of 78 men.

Methuen Treaty

Portugal offered the advantage of a deep-water ports near the Mediterranean which could be used to counter the French Naval base at Toulon.

Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom

He envisaged doing this by having the Brest and Toulon Franco-Spanish fleets break out from the British blockade (led at Brest by Collingwood and Toulon by Nelson), and then sail across the Atlantic to threaten the West Indies.

Nicolae Dărăscu

He traveled extensively and lived in the south of France (Toulon and Saint-Tropez, 1908), to Venice (1909), in Romania (to Vlaici, Olt County, 1913, and in Southern Dobruja - Balchik, 1919).

Othon Friesz

He resumed living in Paris in 1919 and remained there, except for brief trips to Toulon and the Jura Mountains, until his death in 1949.

Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha

This agreement would set the stage for joint Franco-Ottoman naval maneuvers, including the basing of the Ottoman fleet in southern France (in Toulon) during the winter of 1543-1544.

Parthenopean Republic

After some negotiation the parties concluded an armistice and agreed on capitulation (onorevole capitolazione), whereby the castles were to be evacuated, the hostages liberated and the garrisons free to remain in Naples unmolested or to sail for Toulon.

Peoria and Rock Island Railroad

While that section of the P & RI that stretches from Peoria north to Toulon, Illinois became a public trail in 1989, the northern section of the same right-of-way, between Toulon and Rock Island, was liquidated into the hands of adjacent landowners in the private sector.

Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait

Tasked with the naval preparations of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, Forfait prepared 15 ships of the line, 14 frigates, 72 lesser warships and 400 transports in Toulon, Genoa, Ajaccio and Civitavecchia.

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

In 1804, Napoleon ordered Villeneuve, now a Vice Admiral stationed at Toulon, to escape from the British blockade, overcome the British fleet in the English Channel, and allow the planned invasion of Britain to take place.

Pierre-Gustave Roze

He was born in Toulon, France and throughout his adult life served as a career naval officer.

Poudre B

For example, two French battleships, the Iéna and the Liberté, blew up in Toulon harbour in 1907 and 1911 respectively with heavy loss of life.

Richard Goodwin Keats

When Nelson relieved Bickerton and took command of the fleet in the Mediterranean Keats remained with him off Toulon and accompanied the fleet to the West Indies in 1805 in the famous chase of Admiral Villeneuve that culminated in the Battle of Trafalgar.

Russian armoured cruiser Admiral Nakhimov

In July 1893, she visited New York City, then Toulon as a part of the Russian Squadron, then she sailed to Vladivostok again, serving there for the next four years and taking part in seizure of Port Arthur following the Triple Intervention against Japan at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War.

Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I

She assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron and visited Toulon in October 1893.

Russian battleship Slava

She had a serious boiler accident in August 1910 and was towed by Tsesarevich to Gibraltar for temporary repairs before sailing to Toulon for repairs that required nearly a year to complete.

Shuldham Peard

From the prisoners Ganteaume learned that the route to Egypt might be full of danger to himself, and turned aside to Toulon, whence Peard and his men were at once sent in a cartel to Port Mahon.

Simon Segal

He left for Toulon in 1926 and met Bruno Bassano, an art dealer who became a close friend until Segal's death.

SIMPYC

This project has been carried out in three European cities with industrial and commercial ports: Valencia, Spain (Spain), Toulon (France) and Livorno (Italy).

Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet

Early in 1793, after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Hood went to the Mediterranean in Juno under his cousin Lord Hood, and distinguished himself by an audacious feat of coolness and seamanship in extricating his vessel from the harbour of Toulon, which he had entered in ignorance of Lord Hood's withdrawal.

SM UB-121

She was broken up in Toulon in July 1921 after being used for underwater demolition training.

Tonkin Expeditionary Corps

On 23 December the transports Vinh Long, Européen, Comorin and Cholon left Toulon to embark the Legion, Turco and Bat' d'Af' reinforcements at Mers-el-Kebir and Oran.

Toulon Cathedral

From the 5th century onwards it was the seat of the Bishops of Toulon, and since 1957 has been the seat of the Bishops of Fréjus-Toulon.

Toulon Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Seds de Toulon or Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède de Toulon; also known as Sainte-Marie-Majeure) is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument of France located in Toulon, in the Var department of France, begun in the 11th century and finished in the 18th century.

VF-114

The carrier group made subsequent port visits to Naples and Toulon, and instead of returning through the Suez Canal, transited through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic, and then past the Cape of Good Hope before continuing on to Perth, Australia for another port visit before continuing across the Pacific to its home port of San Diego.

Victor Baptistin Sénès

He became chief of the first section of the General Staff in Toulon, and he was conspicuous in 1899 during the explosion of the powder magazine at Lagoubran near Toulon.

Yves Aubry

He taught at Université du Sud Toulon-Var.


Aleksa Gajić

Le Fléau des dieux 1–6, writer: Valérie Mangin, "Soleil Productions", Toulon, France, 2000–2006.

Antoine Marc Gaudin

He was educated in Haifa, Versailles, and Toulon, then attended universities in Paris and Aix-en-Provence from which he received his bachelor degrees in 1916 and 1917, respectively.

Bertran del Pojet

He was born in Puget, near Nice, and lived most of his life in Teunes, the region around Toulon.

Canton of Marseille-La Capelette

It is composed of the part of the 5th arrondissement of Marseille south of an imaginary line along rue Saint-Pierre, boulevard Jean-Moulin, boulevard Baille (excluded) and rue du Berceau (excluded) until avenue de Toulon.

Charles Bernardy

From 1775 to 1780, the troop put on shows at Amiens, Cambrai, Strasbourg, Colmar, Paris (at the "théâtre des Petits Comédiens du Bois de Boulogne"), Angers, Le Mans, Aix-en-Provence, Toulon, Marseille, Dijon, Passy, Saint-Quentin, Antwerp and Brussels.

Erich Zürn

As flotilla engineer in the 29th U-boat Flotilla (1 June 1942 – 31 January 1944) in La Spezia and Toulon and later in the 5th U-boat Flotilla, Zürn introduced a number of improvements which helped the flotilla operate at peak efficiency.

Félix Mayol

Shortly after World War I, he purchased a plot of land in Toulon and donated it to the local sports club, RC Toulonnais, for the building of a stadium.

Freda Betti

She participated in several opera festivals including Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Bayreuth, Nantes, Nice, Nîmes, Rouen, Strasbourg, Toulon, and Vaison-la-Romaine.

Joseph Bernard de Chabert

Joseph Bernard, marquis de Chabert (28 February 1724, Toulon - 1 December 1805) was a French sailor, geographer and astronomer.

LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Three principal route options were considered, mainly concerning the alignment between Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Toulon and Draguignan.

Porto Torres

The port is connected by ferries with Genoa, Marseille, Toulon, Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Propriano, Expressway SS131/E25 to Sassari and Cagliari, and a national road to Santa Teresa Gallura (SS200).

Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon

Two of the turrets from the scuttled battleship Provence were later removed and used in a fortification at Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, guarding the approaches to Toulon.

War of the First Coalition

These powers initiated a series of invasions of France by land and sea, with Prussia and Austria attacking from the Austrian Netherlands and the Rhine, and Great Britain supporting revolts in provincial France and laying siege to Toulon.