Général Ernouf Explained

During the Napoleonic Wars, 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.^[1] On 9 August she captured Elizabeth, Murphy, master, as Elizabeth was sailing from Plymouth to Surinam, and sent her into Guadeloupe.^[2] 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 slave ship . 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.^[3] 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; Hazards 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.

References

• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815. 2003. Éditions Ancre. 2-903179-30-1. fr.
• Book: Guérin, Léon. Histoire maritime de France. Léon Guérin. 1857. Dufour et Mulat. fr. 6.
• Book: Hepper, David J.. 1994. British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Jean Boudriot. Rotherfield. 0-948864-30-3.
• La Nicollière-Teijeiro, Stephane (1896) Course et les corsaires du Port de Nantes: armements, combats, prises, pirateries, etc. (Honoré Champion).

Notes and References

1. Lloyd's List, no. 4058 http://www.1812privateers.org/LLOYDS/1806/06-03-1806.jpg – accessed 9 May 2016.
2. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735022?urlappend=%3Bseq=305 Lloyd's List, no. 4096 – accessed 9 May 2016.
3. News: The Marine List . Lloyd's List . 4248 . 29 April 1808 . 2027/uc1.c2735023?urlappend=%3Bseq=285.