Jean-Baptiste Perrée dies at the Battle of the Malta Convoy in February 1800. He may have been the closest French equivalent to Cuthbert Collingwood rather than to Nelson. That comparison supports a command counterfactual: Perrée might have achieved more in later strategic command than Pierre-Charles Villeneuve was equipped to do. His death prevented that alternative command from being tested.
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Perrée offers a French alternative to Villeneuve
The 1800 Battle of the Malta Convoy kills Jean-Baptiste Perrée, who may have been better suited to fleet command than Villeneuve.