According to the Army and Navy Chronicle had the French navy quite a lot of vacancies dealing with the posts of officers. "Notwithstanding the numerous promotions lately made in the French navy, there are still, in consequence of its many recent losses, the following vacancies:- 21 Lieutenants of ships of the line, 13 Captains of sloops; 7 Captains of frigates; 5 Captains of ships of the line; Rear-Admirals; and 1 Vice-Admiral."
Source
Army and Navy Chronicle. Vol. II, no. 4, 28 January 1836, p. 63. Digitized by Google.
