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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Black Prince of Dunkirk (commander William...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/283/1
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Black Prince of Dunkirk (commander William... dating from 1781 Mar 25 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781 Mar 25
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Black Prince of Dunkirk (commander William Ripner).
Capture history: an American privateer under French colours (70 tons, 12 guns, 66 men), bound from Dunkirk on a cruise; taken on 25 March 1781 about 9 leagues SSW of Ushant, Brittany by HMS Lively (William Carlyon commanding), and HMS Cruiser (Arthur Haynes commanding), and brought into Falmouth.
Intended voyage: a cruise from France.
Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
- [CP 2]: three depositions of William Ripner (born at New Hartford, Connecticut, resident for seven years in Martinique and Dunkirk and now a French subject), Jean Baptiste Le Seux and Louis Le Breton, and commissioners affidavit, at Falmouth, 30-31 March 1781;
- [CP 3]: attestation as to papers (no papers) brought in by Henry Creed of London, agent for the captors, 11 October 1782.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-21 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/283/1/1-21
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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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