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Captured ship: Le Hazard or Entreprenant or Entrepreneur (master Charles Barbel)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/115/3

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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Hazard or Entreprenant or Entrepreneur (master Charles Barbel).... dating from 1746 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/115/3
Date
1746
Description

Captured ship: Le Hazard or Entreprenant or Entrepreneur (master Charles Barbel).

History: a French privateer (110 tons, 12 guns, 110 men), bound from Le Havre on a cruise; taken on 20 May 1746 at the Lizard by HMS Maidstone (Augustus Keppel commanding) and HMS Namur (James Hobbs commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 2 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers:

SP A-SP B: letter of marque, muster roll.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 26 June 1746]

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/C14513017/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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