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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Pomona of Dysart (master George Rutherford)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/425/10

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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Pomona of Dysart (master George Rutherford).... dating from 1781 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 32/425/10
Date
1781 May 11
Description

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Pomona of Dysart (master George Rutherford).

Capture history: a British transport ship (200 tons, 8 guns, 9 men, 2 passengers) bound from Charleston, South Carolina to London, in ballast; having collected and delivered German troops, originally intended for Quebec, to Charleston; taken on 6 May 1781 about 4 leagues off Cape Clear, Ireland by the French privateer Josephine of Le Havre, retaken (when bound for Belle Isle wearing Portuguese colours as a disguise) on 11 May 1781 in latitude 47°N, longitude 9°W by the privateer Charming Nancy (John Kerby commanding), and brought into Jersey.

Intended voyage: from British America to England.

Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-

  • [CP 1]: attestation as to papers (no papers) brought in by the prize master William Kerby, Jersey, 4 July 1781;
  • [CP 2]: two depositions of William Kerby, and John Fulton (that the Pomona belonged to James Redie and James Barklay of Dysart), commissioners' affidavit, taken at Jersey, 4 July 1781;
  • [CP 3]: claim and attestation of Richard Hatchett of London on behalf of the Commissioners of the Navy, 4 September 1781.

[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-2 (large pencil numbers): 1 papers added from HCA 32/425/9. All sorted and renumbered in 2026].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/425/10/1-2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507344/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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