Abel-Nicolas Georges Henri Bergasse Dupetit Thouars (March 23, 1832 – March 14, 1890) was a French sailor, vice-admiral, saver of Lima and a hero in Peru. He was born in Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais, Loiret. He was adopted by his maternal uncle Vice Admiral Abel Aubert Dupetit Thouars, adding the Dupetit-Thouars to his name. He took part in the Crimean War, where he was wounded and was made a Knight of the Légion d'honneur. In 1868, he commanded corvette Dupleix during the Japanese revolution. In 1870, he commanded a floating battery on the Rhine river during the Franco-Prussian War.