Piece
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.
Item
High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Saint Sebastien (master Martin de Martinarena,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/445/10
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Saint Sebastien (master Martin de Martinarena,... dating from 1781 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 32/445/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Saint Sebastien (master Martin de Martinarena, prize master Jean Francois Giraud).
History: a French merchant ship (galliot, 80 tons, 2 swivel guns, abandoned by her crew), laden with anchors, grinding stones, flints, mats, iron; taken on 27 July 1781 in latitude 45°20'N longitude 55°W [St Pierre et Miquelon] by the Guernsey privateer True Briton (Philip Durrell commanding), retaken on 11 August 1781 in latitude 49°14'N, by the French privateer Bazille (M Deville Bucaud commanding), retaken on 12 August 1781 by HMS Daphne (William Carlyon commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.
Court papers: 1-16; Ship's papers: 17-18.
[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 32/445/10/1-18
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- 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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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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