Henriette (1803 ship)

History
France
Name:	Henriette
Builder:	Bordeaux
Captured:	June 1806
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	242 tons (French)
Crew:	124 men
Armament:	4 × 12-pounder carronades + 14 × 6-pounder & 2 × 9-pounder guns

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.

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 HMS Lancaster and HMS Phaeton.

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.

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 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 (bm). She was carrying pepper, indigo, and cotton. Two days later he captured the Marguerite, of two guns and 280 tons (bm). She was carrying sugar, indigo, and cotton.

On 12 November Henry captured the James Sybald, of ten guns and 1,000 tons (bm); she had a cargo of rice. (James Sibald had been sailing from Bengal to Bombay.) Henriette then returned to Port Louis on 10 December.

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