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''Henriette'' was a French privateer commissioned in Bordeaux in late 1803. She served in the Bay of Biscay until mid-1804, and then in the Indian Ocean, based at Île de France (now Mauritius). The 74-gun HMS ''Powerful'' captured her in June 1806 off Ceylon. ==French service== Commissioned in late 1803 under Thomas Henry (or Henri), ''Henriette'' cruised in the Bay of Biscay until June 1804. She then crossed to Île de France, where she undertook three cruises, capturing several large British merchantmen.〔 Soon after his arrival at Île de France on 17 August, Henry left Port Louis on a cruise, only to have to return quickly, pursued by and .〔 Henry then embarked on 12 September on the first of two more successful cruises. Apparently some of ''Henriette''s guns, two 12-pounder carronades, came from the East Indiaman ''Admiral Aplin'', which the French privateer ''Psyche'' had captured in January.〔''The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia for the Year 1805'' (1807), pp.65-67.〕 On 12 October he captured the ''Faza-Soubany'' (or ''Fazzy Soubani''), of 500 tons (bm), Fryer, master, sailing from Bombay to Bengal.〔 Then on 26 October he captured the ''Friendship''. ''Friendship'', of two guns and 380 tons, was carrying a cargo of rice, indigo, and cotton.〔 The next day Henry captured the ''Sha Allum'', of two guns and 380 tons. She was carrying pepper, indigo, and cotton. Two days later he captured the ''Marguerite'', of two guns and 280 tons. She was carrying sugar, indigo, and cotton.〔 On 12 November Henry captured the ''James Sybald'', of ten guns and 1,000 tons; she had a cargo of rice. (''James Sibald'' had been sailing from Bengal to Bombay.〔(''Lloyd's List'' n°4245 - accessed 98 October 2015. )〕) ''Henriette'' then returned to Port Louis on 10 December.〔 Henry and ''Henriette'' left on their second cruise on 9 January 1805. On 3 February they captured the East Indiaman ''Coromandel''.〔 ''Coromandel'' was described as being of 450 tons and armed with fourteen 9-pounder guns. In May 1806 ''Lloyd's List'' reported that the French privateers ''Bellone'' (under Jacques François Perroud), ''Henriette'', and ''Caroline'' (under Nicolas Surcouf) had captured a number of merchantmen in the Bay of Bengal:〔(''Lloyd's List'' n° 4051 - accessed 98 October 2015. )〕 The privateers gave up the ''Robust'' to their prisoners. She arrived at Bengal on 4 December 1805.〔 On 17 September 1805 Henry captured the ''Viper'', of eight guns and 12 swivel guns. ''Lloyd's List'' reported that "''Henrietta''" had captured "the East India Company's Brig the Viper" at .〔(''Lloyd's List'' n° 5053 - accessed 9 October 2015. )〕〔The reported longitude is clearly grossly in error as that would put the locus of capture within Nigeria.〕 A month later, on 13 November, ''Henriette'' captured the ''Phoenix'', of 600 tons. ''Henriette'' returned to Port Louis on 26 March 1806.〔 In April 1806, command of ''Henriette'' passed to Auguste Sagory.〔 ''Henriette'' left Port Louis on 7 April, and on 6 May captured the ''Dawetz-Nissaint'' on 6 May.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henriette (1803 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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