Général Ernouf (ship)
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, at least four French privateer ships were named ''Général Ernouf'', for Jean Augustin Ernouf, the governor of the colony of Guadeloupe: * ''Général Ernouf'' (''General Erneuf'' in some British records; 1805 – 1805), was the former HMS ''Lilly'', which the French captured in 1805. She cruised under Captains Giraud-Lapointe and Facio. She was under Giraud-Lapointe's command when she blew up during an engagement with . * ''Général Ernouf'' (1805–1808), was a Danish 16-gun brig, originally under the command of the notable French privateer captain Alexis Grassin. On 3 April 1806 she captured ''Ruckers'', Soper, master, and sent her into Guadeloupe. On 9 August she captured ''Elizabeth'', Murphy, master, as ''Elizabeth'' was sailing from Plymouth to Surinam, and sent her into Guadeloupe. On 10 October she captured the 10-gun schooner . In 1807 she fought an inconclusive action with . On 15 September 1807 ''Général-Ernouf'', under Grassin's command, captured the schooner . A few days later ''Général-Ernouf'' captured the
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. In February 1808 or so, ''Général Ernouf'' captured another slave ship, , as ''Harriet'' was sailing from Africa to the West Indies, and possibly sent her into Cayenne. captured ''Général Ernouf'' on 29 November 1808. * ''Général Ernouf'' (1809–1809). On 16 October 1809, and were in company when they came upon the French privateer schooner ''Général Ernouf'', which was moored under the guns of the battery of St. Marie on the east coast of the southern part of Guadeloupe. French accounts state that the privateer's crew scuttled her to prevent her capture; ''Hazard''s captain, in his after-action letter, stated that he had sent in a boarding party that set fire to her. * ''Général Ernouf'' (1810–1810), was a 6-gun brig. HMS ''Freya'' (or ''Freija'') captured her on 18 January 1810, though the prize-money announcement describes the privateer as of unknown name.


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* * * *La Nicollière-Teijeiro, Stephane (1896) ''Course et les corsaires du Port de Nantes: armements, combats, prises, pirateries, etc.'' (Honoré Champion). Privateer ships of France Captured ships Ship names {{italic title