Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve

In 1805, he served on Redoutable, under Captain Lucas, and took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was seriously wounded trying to board HMS Victory.

In 1808, Ducrest de Villeneuve have been promoted to lieutenant and was appointed on 26 July to the command of the aviso Mouche n° 6, in Bayonne.

[5] However, the very next day, a British squadron comprising HMS Boadicea, Otter and the brig Staunch encountered the battered ships, and captured them all save for Victor.

Ducrest de Villeneuve was wounded when he brought her alongside Venerable and attempted a boarding.

[10] From 1825, Ducrest de Villeneuve commanded the frigate Astrée and was appointed to the Caribbean station, under Guy-Victor Duperré.

In 1832, Ducrest de Villeneuve was given command of an eleven-ship division that surveilled the coasts of Holland in the aftermath of the Ten Days' Campaign and the Belgian Revolution, with his flag on Médée.