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Captured ship: L'Intriguant of La Rochelle (master Honoré Louis Billouin). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/118/12

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This record is about the Captured ship: L'Intriguant of La Rochelle (master Honoré Louis Billouin). History:... dating from 1744 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 32/118/12
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: L'Intriguant of La Rochelle (master Honoré Louis Billouin).

History: a French merchant ship (200 tons, 10 guns, 2 swivels, 29 men, formerly the Plutus) bound from Petit Gouave, Saint Domingue to La Rochelle, laden with sugar and indigo; taken on [20/31 July 1744 at latitude 45º 30’] by the privateer Recovery (Mark Anderson commanding), and brought into the River Thames.

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/90, fos 89, 106]
  • [CP 1]: allegation;
  • [CP 2-CP 3]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 25 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 25 [SP 23 missing, and not listed in the translation].

[Decision: condemned as prize, 7 September 1744]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4 and HCA 13/90
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/118/1/12; HCA 32/122/2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513084/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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