[[File:Thomas Whitcombe - Destruction of the French Frigates LArianne LAndromache.jpg|thumb|The action of 22 May 1812, which Morice fought in]] Captain '''Nicolas Morice''' (born {{circa|1774}}) was a French Navy officer. He was born in Lorient.
== Career ==
Nicolas Morice became an ensign in 1796 and rose to lieutenant in 1803.<ref name="wrecksite">[http://www.wrecksite.eu/docbrowser.aspx?518 Chantier archéologique sous-marin – Base du Grasu – Lorient]</ref> Morice took part in the Battle of Grand Port, where he captained the corvette ''Victor''.
In 1810 he was promoted to commander. He took command of the frigate ''Andromaque'', part of a squadron raiding British commerce in the Atlantic, along with the ''Ariane'', under Jean-Baptiste-Henri Féretier. ''Andromaque'' was destroyed upon her return to Lorient after catching fire during an artillery duel with the 74-gun HMS ''Northumberland'' in the action of 22 May 1812. Feretier and Morice were court-martialed for the loss of their ships, stripped of their rank, and forbidden from commanding a ship for three years. They were, however, quickly reintegrated into the French navy.<ref name="wrecksite" />
Morice was promoted to captain first class in 1827.
== Honours == * Legion of Honour<ref name="wrecksite" /> * Order of Saint Louis in 1814.
== Sources and references == {{Reflist}} * [http://www.archeosousmarine.net/Pdf/RapportTribunal.pdf Sources : AN – BB4 – 353] * {{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |pages=99 |publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau}}
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