François-Aymar de Monteil (Dauphiné, 1725 — Galluis, 10 September 1787)[1] was a French Navy officer.
[3] On 13 April 1771, Monteil departed Port-Louis, commanding the ship Actionnaire bound for Isle de France (Mauritius).
[11][3][12] On 20 April 1776, she touched a reef while departing Brest, and Monteil was unable to immediately refloat Renommée.
[13] Du Chaffault defended Monteil, writing to the Navy Minister that "only those who command ships run the risk of losing them".
[11][Note 1] In 1778, Monteil commanded the 74-gun Conquérant, part of the Third division in the Blue squadron of the fleet under Orvilliers.
[18] On 17 July 1781,[19] transferred to command of the Blue squadron (rear) in De Grasse's fleet, with his flag on the 80-gun Languedoc.