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Captured ship: La Belle Manon of Le Havre (master Charles Lubin). History: French...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/99/10

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HCA 32/99/10
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: La Belle Manon of Le Havre (master Charles Lubin).

History: French merchant ship (130 tons, 24 men) bound from Brest to Saint Domingue, laden with coals, earthenware, bricks, cloth, pease, and other merchandise; taken on 16/27 January 1748 at about 50° latititude, 8° longitude by HMS Falcon (Thomas Saumarez commanding) in sight of HMS Shoreham (Robert Haldane commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7-CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 42 ship's papers.

Ship's papers, numbered SP 1-SP 42.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 25 February 1748]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512541/

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