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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: La Betsey (original French master not named)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/280/2
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: La Betsey (original French master not named).... dating from 1778 Sep 6 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/280/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778 Sep 6
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: La Betsey (original French master not named).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (snow, 200 tons, 4 guns, 8 men [of the American prize crew]), bound from Saint Domingue to France, laden with sugar, coffee, rum, elephant's teeth, indigo; taken first on 25 August 1778 by HMS Savage (John Graves commanding); retaken on 1 September 1778 by the American privateer Oliver Cromwell (Thomas Simmons commanding); taken for the third time on 6 September 1778 in latitude 47°'N, longitude 25°W of London by HMS Squirrel (Captain [Henry] Harvey commanding) and the merchant ship Polly (master John Kinghorn), part of Harvey's convoy from Senegal to London, and brought into Portsmouth.
Intended voyage: from the Caribbean Islands to France.
Court papers: 1-29. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/280/2/1-31
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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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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