Pierre Lhermite

Pierre-Louis Lhermite (; Dunkirk, 20 December 1761 — Dunkirk, 22 March 1828 ) was a French sea captain and rear admiral.

Career Lhermite started sailing at the age of eight in the merchant navy, steadily rising in rank until he was promoted to captain in 1787. Within a year, he was promoted to captain and served as flag officer to Rear-Admiral Van Stabel. Gasparin returned to harbour without major damage. In Santo Domingo, he took command of the 74-gun Duguay-Trouin, on which he recaptured Petit-Goâve from the Haitian Revolutionaries, destroying her harbour and the village of Arcahaie afterwards. During her cruise, Duguay-Trouin ran aground in Jérémie and was refloated only by throwing 20 of her guns overboard, reducing her armament to 58 guns. Guerrière came under fire and was damaged and her captain, Commander Louis Alexis Baudoin, was wounded.

From 1805 to 1808, Lhermite was in command of Genoa harbour and of the 74-gun . He took part in expeditions to supply Corfu in the squadron of Vice-Admiral Ganteaume. In 1809, he was appointed to the 74-gun , in the Escaut squadron; later that year, he was promoted to Rear-Admiral but maintained in command of Albanais and supported Missiessy during his two battles with the Royal Navy during the Walcheren Campaign. In Missiessy's absence, he replaced him and acted as préfet maritime and overall commander of the French naval forces in the North Sea.

In 1814, at the Bourbon Restoration, Lhermite was inactivated. He was briefly reinstated préfet maritime of Dunkirk during the Hundred Days, but was again inactivated at the Second Bourbon Restoration. He retired in 1816.

Honours Legion of Honour Order of Saint-Louis