Catalogue description Captured ship: Le Pierre Marguerite of Isle de Bréhat (master Pierre Le Conniat)....

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Details of HCA 32/145/22
Reference: HCA 32/145/22
Description:

Captured ship: Le Pierre Marguerite of Isle de Bréhat (master Pierre Le Conniat).

History: a French ship (24 tons, 5 men), bound from Treguier to Brest, laden with wheat; taken on 21 January / 1 February 1748 off Isle de Batz by the privateer Adventure (John Luce commanding), and brought into Guernsey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 3]: allegation;
  • [CP 4-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 5 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 5.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 5 April 1748]

Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1748
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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