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Captured ship: La Renommée (commander François de Saint-Alouarn ). Details: a French...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/244
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This record is about the Captured ship: La Renommée (commander François de Saint-Alouarn ). Details: a French... dating from 1713-1747 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 30/244
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1713-1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: La Renommée (commander François de Saint-Alouarn ).
Details: a French warship (30-gun frigate) bound from France to Saint-Domingue; taken in fight on 13/24 September 1747 in latitude 46° 30' by HMS Dover (Washington Shirley commanding), and brought into Plymouth.
Documents (all in French):
1-322 mail in transit, including official French government correspondence, and personal and business letters and letter packets, from various parts of France to Saint Domingue for onward delivery; now sorted by name of the writer;
(continued in HCA 30/245 and HCA 30/246).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See HCA 30/ 245 and HCA 30/246 for more papers and mail; and HCA 32/148/7 for the main collection of ship's papers and court process etc
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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)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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