Catalogue description British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Sibyl (commander Le Comte de...

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Details of HCA 32/452/3
Reference: HCA 32/452/3
Description:

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Sibyl (commander Le Comte de Kergarion de Loemaria).

History: a French ship of war (frigate, 600 tons, 36 guns, 300 men), bound from Cap François, Saint Domingue to Chesapeake Bay, Virginia in convoy; taken on 22 January 1783 off the Chesapeake, Virginia in latitude 36°20'N by HMS Hussar (Thomas Macnamara Russell commanding), HMS Centurion (James Cotes commanding), and HMS Terrier (Thomas Morris commanding), and brought into New York.

Court papers: 1-9.

[These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
Date: 1783
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/452/3/1-9 Possibly the vessel referred to in SP 46/148/139, 150-4, 162-4
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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