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Captured ship: L'Épreuve previously the Tryal privateer of Guernsey (French master...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/109/17

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This record is about the Captured ship: L'Épreuve previously the Tryal privateer of Guernsey (French master... dating from 1748 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/109/17
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: L'Épreuve previously the Tryal privateer of Guernsey (French master Simon Tanguy).

History: a French ship (chasse marée, 12 tons, 5 men), bound from Audierne to St Jean de Luz, laden with hides, corn and cloth; taken on 19/30 May 1748 off the coast of Arcachon by the privateer Cumberland (William Coutart commanding), and brought into Penzance and then Guernsey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 2]: attestation and claim of the master, as having been taken after the end of hositilities;
  • [CP 3]: allegation;
  • [CP 4-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 9 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 9.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 24 October 1748]

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/101/23
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512842/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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