Adrien-Marie Legendre | Adrien Brody | Adrien Tambay | Adrien Douady | Adrien de Gerlache | Adrien René Franchet | Adrien Houngbédji | Adrien Albert Marie de Mun | L. Adrien Hannus | Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite | Adrien Ulacq | Adrien Stoutenburg | Adrien Niyonshuti | Adrien Arcand |
L'Hermite was born to the family of a counselor to the Bailiwick and Présidial of Cotentin.
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L'Hermite then set out for a three-moth patrol in the Chinese seas with Preneuse and Brûle-Gueule, under Don Álava.
Sailing from Lorient in October 1805 with one ship of the line, two frigates and a corvette, Commodore Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite was under orders to intercept and destroy British traders and slave ships off the West African coast and await reinforcements under Jérôme Bonaparte which were to be used in the invasion and capture of one of the British trading forts for use as a permanent French naval base from which further raiding operations could be conducted.
He then ran off a succession of seven shared wins, teaming with Adrien L. J. Leps, Gabriel Guérin, Andre Herbelin, and several other French pilots.