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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Babette of St Malo (master François Morand)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/276/1
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Babette of St Malo (master François Morand).... dating from 1779 Jan 5 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/276/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779 Jan 5
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Babette of St Malo (master François Morand).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (180 tons, 14 men) bound from Brest to North America, laden with salt, bale goods, and cordage; taken on 5 January 1779 by the privateer Speedwell (Daniel Bredthafft commanding), and brought into Guernsey.
Intended voyage: from France to [the United States or New France?].
Court papers numbered CP 1-5:-
- [CP 1]: three depositions of François Morand, François Corbe and Louis Gautier cabin boy, 30 January 1779;
- [CP 2]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-5) brought in by Daniel Bredthafft, 30 January 1779;
- [CP 3]: translations of ships papers, 26 March 1779;
- [CP 4]: allegation, 27 March 1779;
- [CP 5]: wrapper.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-5:-
- SP 1: passport;
- SP 2: muster roll;
- SP 3-SP 4: official ship's papers;
- SP 5: bill of lading;
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-13; Ships papers: 14-18 (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 32/281/21/1-11
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13504972/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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