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The Bataillon des Marins de la Garde began as a battalion of sailors atatched to the Imperial Guard in 1803 for the proposed invasion of England. They were taken into the Guard the next year, with the particular mission of forming the crew of the Emperor's launch and seeing to his safety during river crossings, embarkations and debarkations.

With the abandoning of plans for the invasion of England the Marins became Jack-of-All-Trades par excellence serving the Imperial Guard as boatmen, gunners, infantrymen and combat engineers.