Catalogue description Captured ship: L'Alerte of Dieppe (master Louis Philippe Clouet Dubuisson). History: a...

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Details of HCA 32/97/9
Reference: HCA 32/97/9
Description:

Captured ship: L'Alerte of Dieppe (master Louis Philippe Clouet Dubuisson).

History: a French privateer; taken on 14 June 1746 off the Isle of Wight by HMS Saltash (John Pittman commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7- CP 8]: attestation, and abstract and translation of the two ship's papers.

Ship's papers:

  • A: privateer's commission;
  • B: muster roll.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 5 August 1746]
Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1746
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Miscellaneous
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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