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New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Bonetta (commander Comte de Barras)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/283/15
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This record is about the New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Bonetta (commander Comte de Barras).... dating from 1782 Jan 4 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/283/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1782 Jan 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Bonetta (commander Comte de Barras).
Capture history: a French warship (sloop of war, 350 tons, 16 guns, 110 men, previously HMS Bonetta (Ralph Dundas commanding), seized by the French at the surrender of the British forces at Yorktown, Virginia on 19 October 1781), now bound from Virginia to Martinique; retaken on 4 January 1782 at Cape Henry, Virginia by HMS Amphion (John Bazeley commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from the United States to the Caribbean Islands.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by John Bazely, 14 January 1782;
- [CP 2]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Bazely, 16 January 1782;
- [CP 3]: answer and claim of William Fowler, HM Naval Storekeeper at New York, 30 January 1782;
- [CP 4]: replication.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1:-
- SP 1: orders from the Comte de Grasse to de Barras, to move from the command of La Loyaliste to command the Bonetta, 29 October 1781.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-4; Ship's papers: 5-5 (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 32/283/15/1-5
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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/C13505115/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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