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Tommaso Condulmer
Born20 August 1759
Venice
Died7 January 1823
Venice (aged 64)
AllegianceRepublic of Venice Republic of Venice (?-1797)
Service / branchRepublic of Venice Venetian Navy
RankAdmiral
Battles / warsVenetian bombardments of the Beylik of Tunis

Tommaso Condulmer (20 August 1759 - 7 January 1823) was an Italian naval officer and nobleman. After the death of Angelo Emo he took command of the Venetian navy, and held major responsibilities in the aborted defense of Venice against Napoleon's forces which eventually led to the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797.

Biography

Born in Venice to a noble family that held the patrician dignity, he enlisted at an early age in the navy.

In June 1784, when Emo launched his campaign against the Berber pirates, he was governator di nave (captain) on the 56-gun heavy frigate Concordia stationed in Corfù: after the arrival of the venetian Grand Admiral on the island, he was put under his command, and eventually set sails for Tunis with the Venetian squadron.

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