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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Americaine (commander Anne François Rene...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/266/27
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Americaine (commander Anne François Rene... dating from 1781 Jan 26 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/266/27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781 Jan 26
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Americaine (commander Anne François Rene Jourdan).
Capture history: a French privateer (340 tons, 225 men) bound from St Malo on a cruise; taken on 26 January 1781 at the mouth of the Channel by HMS Prudente (William Waldegrave commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.
Intended voyage: a cruise from France.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-5), brought in by William Waldegrave, 31 January 1781;
- [CP 2]: standing interrogatories, printed;
- [CP 3]: three depositions of Anne Francois Rene Jourdan, Nicholas Julien Le Sallier and Isaac Quesnel, commissioners affidavit, and commissioners letter, 31 January 1781;
- [CP 4]: translations of the ship paper No 1.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-5:-
- SP 1: letter of marque;
- SP 2: muster roll;
- SP 3: official ransom instruction;
- SP 4: owners note;
- SP 5: pass from St Malo to Captain Delamonnerie, 11 January 1781.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-10; Ship's papers: 11-15 (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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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HCA 32/266/27/1-15
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- 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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