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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Aimable Gertrude of Nantes (master Simon...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/264/5
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Aimable Gertrude of Nantes (master Simon... dating from 1778 Sep 20 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/264/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778 Sep 20
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Aimable Gertrude of Nantes (master Simon Papineau).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (350 tons, 33 men) bound from Cap François, Saint Domingue to Paimboeuf and Nantes, laden with sugar, coffee, indigo, cocoa, cotton, ratafia and some lignum vitae; taken on 20 September 1778 about latitude 48°N by HMS Vengeance (Michael Clements commanding) in sight of the squadron of Admiral Keppel, and brought into Plymouth.
Intended voyage: from the Caribbean Islands to France.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-63) brought in by the prize master Joseph Steere, master's mate, 29 September 1778;
- [CP 2]: three depositions taken at Plymouth of François Defond, Michel Papin and Jean Marie Guerval (the master Papineau being aboard HMS Vengeance), and commissioners' affidavit, 1 October 1778;
- [CP 3]: translations of ship's papers, 30 October 1778,
- [CP 4]: allegation, 4 November 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-63:-
- SP 1-SP 48: bills of lading;
- SP 49-SP 50: two certificates for soldiers to return to France;
- SP 51: death certificate for one of the crew;
- SP 52-SP 61: official ship's papers;
- SP 62: muster roll, including the names of several passengers to Saint Domingue on the previous voyage, including enslaved and free black women;
- SP 63: notebook account of the cargo.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-22; Ship's papers: 23-85 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/264/5/1-85
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- Public Record(s)
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- English and French
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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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