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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Thamas Koulikan [of St Malo] formerly Pacifique...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/462/2

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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Thamas Koulikan [of St Malo] formerly Pacifique... dating from 1778 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/462/2
Date
1778
Description

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Thamas Koulikan [of St Malo] formerly Pacifique (master Noel Le Pern).

History: a French ship [chartered by Americans ?] (260 tons, 45 men, 4 passengers), bound from Le Croisic, Britanny to Charleston, South Carolina (according to passengers) OR Cap François, Saint Domingue (according to the crew), laden with salt, ammunition, tea, candles, linen and dry goods; taken on or about 12 January 1778 in the Bay of Biscay in latitude 46°N, longitude 9°W about 100 leagues from France by HMS Hector (Sir John Hamilton Bartholomew commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.

Court papers: 1-52; Ship's papers: 53-118 (97-117 missing?).

[These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/462/2/1-118
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507914/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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