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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Charmante of Dunkirk (commander Moise Baily,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/292/2
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Charmante of Dunkirk (commander Moise Baily,... dating from 1782 May 11 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 32/292/2
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Date (When the record was created)
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1782 May 11
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Charmante of Dunkirk (commander Moise Baily, a French Canadian, now of Dunkirk).
Capture history: a French privateer (cutter, 110 tons, 12 guns, 49 men, including many Americans) bound from Dunkirk on a cruise; taken on 11 May 1782 in latitude 49°N by HMS Fortune (William Fulke Greville commanding), and brought into Plymouth.
Intended voyage: a cruise from France.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-2) brought in by Thomas Harris, clerk to Richard Nelson broker of Plymouth Dock, as received from Captain Greville, 15 May 1782;
- [CP 2]: standing interrogatories;
- [CP 3]: three depositions, of Moise Baily, born in Canada, Pierre Duchard and Henry Jacques Constant Vasenbergue, and commissioners' affidavit, Plymouth, 15 May 1782;
- [CP 4]: translations of ship's papers
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-2:-
- SP 1: letter of marque, or privateer commission; September 1781
- SP 2: muster roll (Baily described as American, as were 9 others).
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-9; Ship's papers: 10-11 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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HCA 32/292/2/1-11
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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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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