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Captured ship: La Fiere or La Fierre (master Joseph François Boisouze Liard). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/13

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Reference
HCA 32/112/13
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: La Fiere or La Fierre (master Joseph François Boisouze Liard).

History: a French merchant ship in the service of the French East India Company with a letter of marque (150 tons, 12 guns, 41 men), bound from Mauritius and Réunion to Lorient, laden with coffee; taken in fight on 29 January / 9 February 1745 in latitude 43° 18', longitude 353° 43', by the privateer Sheerness (John Furnell commanding) and brought into Bristol.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 4]: allegation;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 12 ship's papers.

Ships Papers numbered SP 1-SP 12.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 9 April 1745]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4 and HCA 30/775/1
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/112/1/13
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512920/

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