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Captured ship: St Michael of Dunkirk (master Pieter Le Fever). History: a French...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/131/17
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/131/17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1745
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St Michael of Dunkirk (master Pieter Le Fever).
History: a French privateer (50 tons, 32 men, 20 English prisoners), bound from Dunkirk on a cruise; taken in fight on 16/27 May 1745 off Nieuwpoort by the privateer Swift (George Hudson commanding), and brought into the Downs.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 6]: standing interrogatories, four examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 7]: allegation;
- [CP 8]: attestation as to no papers being on board.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 2 July 1745]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and HCA 30/775/4
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For the ship's papers, see Clotilda at HCA 32/103/21.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513458/
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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Within the series: HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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Ships captured as prizes, with names beginning M. (Described at item level)
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