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Devoir

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Nominal GunsUnknownref:1010
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorPrivate Owners
Extant1696ref:1010
Home PortLondon - Thames ref:1010
ShipyardUnknownref:1010
CategoryMerchantref:1010
Ship TypeMerchantmanref:1010
Captured22.12.1696ref:1010

Service History


DateEventSource
12.1696

With a cargo of sugar , bound from Barbados to London

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22.12.1696Taken by
L'Aigle Volant (16) 1695-1696
French 16 Gun
Privateer Unknown
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23.12.1696

Under Thomas Tottain , Captain of Prize , carried in Morlaix

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Notes on Ship


Act of Council of Prizesref:1010

Jugement du Conseil des Prises du 13/02/1697 , declarant de bonne prise le vaisseau le "Devoir" , de Londres , charge de sucre , allant des Barbados à Londres, pris le 22/12/1696 par le Sieur Deshayes, commandant la fregate "l'Aigle Volant" et conduit à Morlaix par Thomas Tottain , officier sur ladite fregate.



 
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