Charles Jules Adolphe Thanaron (born in Toulon on July 7, 1809, and died in the same city on May 21, 1886)[1] was a Capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, member of the Dumont d'Urville second expedition.
Friend of Vice-Admiral Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau, future Minister of the Navy, he thought he could expect a benevolent protection for his son's maritime career[2] His mother, Marie-Anne-Joséphine Mainard, from Toulon,[3] was the aunt of Charles Hector Jacquinot's wife.
[5] In 1824, at the age of 15, he entered the Royal Navy College in Angoulême, where he was soon noticed for his wit, as evidenced by the many reports he was the subject of.
Promoted to Capitaine de frégate on October 21, 1850, he received the titular command of another steamboat aviso the Cerbère.
[2][10] Around March 1854, Jacquinot, who became Rear Admiral in the Maritime Prefecture of Toulon, took him on his personal staff, a position he held until his retirement in 1856.