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Captured ship: La Parfaite of Dunkirk (master Charles Joseph Durie). History: a French...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/147/4

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HCA 32/147/4
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: La Parfaite of Dunkirk (master Charles Joseph Durie).

History: a French privateer (110 tons, 24 guns, 62 men), bound from Dunkirk on a cruise; taken off the Dogger Bank on 20/31 October 1745 by HMS Pearl (Richard Haddock commanding), HMS Folkestone (Peter Dennis commanding) and HMS Sheerness (William Bully commanding), and brought into the Downs.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7-CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 19 ship's papers.

Ships Papers numbered SP 1-SP 19, letter of marque, blank ransom bills, instructions, letters in French and Dutch, muster roll, four journals and logs in French and Dutch.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 17 December 1745]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513786/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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