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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Commerce (master David Martindale, prize...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/295/7
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Commerce (master David Martindale, prize... dating from 1779 Aug 17 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1779 Aug 17
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Commerce (master David Martindale, prize master Jacques François Boux of Dunkirk).
Capture history: a British ship (1 gun, 2 Englishmen and 6 Frenchmen after first capture) bound from Memel, Russia to Workington, laden with timber and planks; taken on 10 August 1779 about 10 leagues west of Christiansand, Norway by the French privateer La Revanche (Jacques Perre commanding), retaken on 17 August 1779 about 2 miles from Ostend by HMS Rambler (James George commanding), and brought into the Downs.
Intended voyage: from Russia to England.
Court papers numbered CP 1- CP 5:-
- [CP 1]: attestation as to papers, 19 August 1779;
- [CP 2]: standing interrogatories, one deposition taken at Deal, commissioners affidavit, 21 August 1779;
- [CP 3]: attestation and claim on behalf of John Elwood of Workington, Cumberland, the owner, 23 September 1779;
- [CP 4]: allegation on behalf of the captor, 8 October 1779;
- [CP 5]: translation of the commission of La Revanche, 10 December 1778, annotated with appointment of Boux as prize master, 10 August 1779.
[Decision: probably restored, paying salvage].
[Papers previously wrongly identified as court papers 1-11 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2023]
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- HCA 32/295/7/1-11
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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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