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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Aimable Genevieve of Fécamp (master Jean...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/264/2
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Aimable Genevieve of Fécamp (master Jean... dating from 1778 Aug 9 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/264/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778 Aug 9
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Aimable Genevieve of Fécamp (master Jean Baptiste Vincent Jourel).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (100 tons, 7 men) bound from Cadiz to Dunkirk, laden with salt; taken on 9 August 1778 about 6 leagues from Étaples in France by HMS Speedwell sloop (Thomas Bornford Mainwaring commanding), and brought into the Downs.
Intended voyage: from Spain to France.
Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 1]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-17) brought in by Mainwaring, 5 September 1778;
- [CP 2]: three depositions taken at Deal, of Jean Baptiste Vincent Jourel, Jean Noellarey and Jean Noget, and commissioners' affidavit, 7 September 1778;
- [CP 3]: translations of ships papers.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-17:-
- SP 1: muster roll;
- SP 2-SP 11: official ship's papers (French and Spanish);
- SP 12: charter-party, Cadiz, 6 June 1778;
- SP 13-SP 14: mail in transit;
- SP 15-SP 17: bills of lading.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-20; Ship's papers: 21-37 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/264/2/1-37
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English, French and Spanish
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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