Victor-Louis Desmichels de Champorcin ( 4 October 1724 — Battle of Grenada, 6 July 1779)[1] was a French Navy officer.
[1][2] Champorcin was promoted to Ensign in 1748, and served on the 24-gun frigate Galatée, under Tourville, and Mutine, under Des Roches.
[4] The next year, he was promoted to Brigadier,[1] and Provence was appointed to the squadron under Estaing, bound for America.
[5][6] At the Battle of Rhode Island, Provence and Protecteur, under Dapchon, remained at sea to blockade Newport and prevent British relief to reach the city.
[8] Lacour-Gayet cited Champorcin as an example of the younger generation of officers who revitalised the French Navy after the nadir under Louis XV.