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Captured ship: Pucelle d'Orléans of St Malo (commander Julien le Breton). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1924/16
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HCA 32/1924/16
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Date (When the record was created)
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1695
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Pucelle d'Orléans of St Malo (commander Julien le Breton).
History: a French privateer (90-120 tons, 12 guns, 80 men) bound from St Malo on a cruise; taken in fight on 30 May / 9 June 1695 off the Scilly Isles by HMS Weymouth (William Jumper commanding), and brought into Plymouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 2:
- [CP 1]: two examinations;
- [CP 2]: docket for the ship's papers.
Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1, letter of marque.
[Decision: not yet known].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Extra information added from LG 3084, p.2
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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HCA 32/30, HCA 32/41
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Public Record(s)
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English and French
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Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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