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Gérard Piouffre

Died
April 20, 2020
Age
74 years

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Gérard Piouffre (20 January 1946 – 20 April 2020) was a French journalist, writer, and historian.

Biography

Born in Orléans on 20 January 1946, Piouffre joined the French Air Force, where he was a certified air traffic controller. Following his service, he was a traffic officer for British European Airways, then a steward for Air France.

Piouffre studied naval archaeology at the Séminaire de Jean Boudriot, in association with the Musée national de la Marine. He also studied arsenal modeling with a friend who was a cabinetmaker. He published more than 30 books on naval history, and authored several hundred press articles. He participated in many documentaries and was a guest in numerous radio shows in France and abroad.

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Publications

  • L’Aurore : frégate légère de 22 canons (1994)
  • Naissance de la marine américaine (1995)
  • La Guerre russo-japonaise sur mer 1904 - 1905 (1999)
  • Manuel de modélisme
  • La Légende du Cutty Sark
  • Trois Siècles de croiseurs français (2001)
  • Voiliers et Hommes de mer (2002)
  • Pirates (2002)
  • Les mots de la marine (2003)
  • L'Hermione, frégate de 1779 (2005)
  • Le gréement des navires anciens (2005)
  • L'artillerie de marine des origines à nos jours: traité de modélisme naval (2005)
  • La Première guerre mondiale (2006)
  • Le courrier doit passer: l'aventure de l'Aéropostale (2007)
  • Dictionnaire de la marine (2007)
  • La guerre d'Algérie (2008)
  • Pirates, Flibustiers et Forbans: Des origines à nos jours (2009)
  • Paquebots: Des lignes régulières aux croisières (2009)
  • Le Titanic ne répond plus (2009)
  • L'Âge d'or des voyages en paquebot (2009)
  • Titanesques Travaux: 150 ans de grands chantiers (2010)
  • La Guerre russo-japonaise (2010)
  • Nous étions à bord du Titanic (2012)
  • Les Grands naufrages, du Titanic au Costa Concordia (2012)
  • Les grandes inventions (2013)
  • Les traites négrières (2013)
  • Titanic, la Monographie (2013)
  • 1914 - L'année terrible (2014)
  • Un crime de guerre en 1915 ? - Le torpillage du Lusitania (2015)
  • Lapérouse - Le voyage sans retour (2016)
  • Eurêka ! Les Grandes Inventions de l'Histoire (2017)
  • Sauveteurs en Mer (2017)
  • Le Titanic - Vérités et légendes (2018)
  • Pirates, corsaires, flibustiers et autres forbans (2018)
  • Corsaires, flibustiers et autres forbans (2019)

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