Английская Википедия:Alexis Grassin
Шаблон:Short description Alexis Grassin (Nantes, 1 April 1776 — 24 June 1823Шаблон:Sfnp) was a highly successful French privateer, who operated during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Career
Born to Michel-Antoine Grassin, a naval surgeon, and Anne Denis,Шаблон:Sfnp Alexis Grassin captained the privateer Général Ernouf, a 14-gun brig with 115 men.Шаблон:Sfnp In early 1806, Grassin captured Clio after an action of half an hour; Clio had escaped French naval cruisers shortly before she ran into Général ErnoufШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp Between 1 July 1806 and 30 September 1807, he captured the merchantmen Elisabeth, Tabago, Шаблон:Ship, Culmore, Mermaid, Шаблон:Ship, and Argus,Шаблон:Sfnp for a total value of 663 000 francs.Шаблон:Sfnp Furthermore, on 14 September 1807, he captured the schooner Шаблон:HMS.Шаблон:Sfnp He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour,Шаблон:Sfnp in recognition of the deed.Шаблон:Sfnp
In September he made a brief cruise on the privateer Revanche before returning to Général Ernouf.
On 17 October 1807, Grassin captured the British slave ship Шаблон:Ship, a brig of fourteen 6-pounder guns, a crew of 24 men, and a cargo of 176 "Negroes" (slaves).[1]
Grassin then transferred to Diligent, a 6-gun brig of 185 tons.Шаблон:Sfnp> On 11 September 1808, he captured the American merchantman Brutus, Edwards, master, of and for New York; the capture was contested, as Brutus had departed in June 1807 to retrieve British goods at Madras, which was legal according to a decree of 21 November 1806, and had only become illegal since 17 December 1807; however, an Imperial decree validated the capture.Шаблон:Sfnp
On 16 June 1809,Шаблон:Sfnp Grassin departed Guadeloupe on Dame Ernouf, arriving at Lorient on 28 July.Шаблон:Sfnp Dame Ernouf was armed en guerre but laden with sugar, cotton, and coffee, and furthermore ferried Geneviève Miloent, wife of Jean Augustin Ernouf, governor of Guadeloupe, along with her handmaid and three slaves.Шаблон:Sfnp During the voyage, he captured the Spanish schooner Antilope, the American brig Hanna and ship Joseph, and the British ships Swift and Diana.
In August 1809, Dame Ernouf was decommissioned in Nantes, only to be recommissioned under the name Diligent. On Diligent, Grassin captured six ships by July 1811. On 23 August 1812, he captured the British schooner HMS Whiting,[2] and on 8 September 1812, the 10-gun brig HMS Laura.[3] In late December, Diligent arrived in Saint-Nazaire from Philadelphia, laden with despatches from the French ambassador to the USA.[4]
Grassin retired at the Bourbon Restoration. He had married Catherine Daguzeau.Шаблон:Sfnp
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