Claude Mithon de Senneville de Genouilly (1725-1803)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update Curieux Class (1799)
Update
La Patriote (40) 1794-1798
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1795 Renamed "Coquille"
Update Coquille/Patriote Class (1793)
Added ()
See more...

Claude Mithon de Senneville de Genouilly (Comte de Genouilly)

NationalityFrench
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth6.10.1725ref:631
First Known Service1743ref:631
Fatherref:631
Father-in-Lawref:631
WifeMarguerite Françoise Le Prévost Duquesnel - Married 18.9.1750ref:631
Nephewref:631
Grandfatherref:631
Last Known Service1784ref:631
Date of Death23.3.1803 - Gy-les-Nonains , Loiretref:631

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
			Appointed Comte de Genouilly	ref:631
1743		Garde de la Marine	ref:1193
1748		Enseigne de Vaisseau	ref:631
1756		Lieutenant de Vaisseau	ref:631
12.1763	1764	La Garonne (34) 1761-1770 French 34 Gun 5th Rate Flûte , Lieutenant de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer	FWIKI
1770		Capitaine de Frégate	ref:631
1772		Capitaine de Vaisseau	ref:631
1779		Brigadier des Armées Navales	ref:631
1779		Le Dauphin Royal (74) 1738-1783 French 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer	ref:631
6.7.1779		Battle of Grenada
1781		Le Protecteur (74) 1760-1790 French 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer	ref:631
1782		La Couronne (80) 1768-1795 French 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1792 Renamed "Ça Ira" , Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer	ref:631
25.1.1782	26.1.1782	Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782		Battle of the Saintes
1783		Le Pluton (74) 1778-1805 French 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1797 Renamed "Dugommier" , Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer	ref:631
1784		Chef d'Escadre	ref:1193

Notes on Officer

Captainref:631

Command "Nourrice" after "Garonne" : no date

Command the "Saint Michel" after his promotion CV in 1772 : no date

Adoptedref:631

the 2 girls of his elder brother Charles Gabriel Mithon de Senneville who was never married , so had a nephew by marriage Jean-Charles Rigault de Genouilly

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:1193 Web Site

ref:631 Web Site

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:18	Jon Miller	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ramillies' (1785) (74) 1785-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:18	Jon Miller	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ramillies' (1785) (74) 1785-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:17	Jon Miller	British Second Rate ship of the line 'Princess Royal' (1773) (90) 1773-1807 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:15	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Winchelsea' (1764) (32) 1764-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:14	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Druid' (1783) (32) 1783-1813 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

GDPR Statement