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Captured ship: Bourbon of Dunkirk (master Charles Le Moyne). History: a French ship...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/99/23

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Reference
HCA 32/99/23
Date
1746
Description

Captured ship: Bourbon of Dunkirk (master Charles Le Moyne).

History: a French ship (220 tons, 10 guns, 40 men) with a pass for whatever destination the King orders; taken on 21 February 1746 by HMS Hastings (Archibald Stuart commanding) in sight of HMS Triton [Hill commanding], HMS Vulcan [Pigott commanding] and HMS Salamander [King commanding], and brought into the River Thames.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/90, fos 321-322]
  • [CP 1]: attestation as to the presence of a dangerous quantity of gunpowder on board;
  • [CP 2]: allegation;
  • [CP 3-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 2 ship's papers

Ship's Papers, now numbered SP 1-SP 2.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 14 April 1746]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512554/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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