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Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: General Gathe otherwise Le General Gates...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/339/7
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: General Gathe otherwise Le General Gates... dating from 1779 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/339/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: General Gathe otherwise Le General Gates of Bordeaux (master Bernard Imbert), formerly the English ship John of Newcastle (master Thomas Lane).
History: a French merchant ship (300 tons, 22 men), laden with salt, tea, dry goods, wine, brandy; taken on 7 or 8 February 1779 in latitude 45°50'N, by the privateer Achilles (William Yawkins commanding), and the privateer Hector (Thomas Naftel commanding); retaken on 10 February 1779 by two French frigates L'Inconstante and La Surveillant came on board and took off all the English prize crew, except James Snook who concealed himself; after discovery and in bad weather he took the helm on the request of French prize master and persuaded the French prize crew into thinking they were steering for Belle Isle whereas they were headed for Guernsey where they arrived on 13 February 1779.
Court papers: 1-37; Ship's papers: 38-65. [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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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HCA 32/339/7/1-65
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13505935/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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