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
Captured ship: L'Attrappe si tu peut or La Trappe si tu peu! (master Pieter or Pierre...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/94/24
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This record is about the Captured ship: L'Attrappe si tu peut or La Trappe si tu peu! (master Pieter or Pierre... dating from 1747 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 32/94/24
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: L'Attrappe si tu peut or La Trappe si tu peu! (master Pieter or Pierre Blanckeman).
History: a French privateer bound from a cruise on the Dogger Bank to Dunkirk to put on shore his ransomers, and thence to cruise in the North Seas; taken on 8/19 June 1747 off Flushing by HMS Kingfisher (William Saltern Willett commanding) and brought into Dover.
Documents:-
Court papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: three examinations, two attestations;
- [CP 6]: allegation;
- [CP 7]: abstract and translation of the 8 ship's papers.
Ship's papers numbered SP 1-SP 8:-
- SP 1: privateer's commission;
- SP 2: muster roll;
- SP 3-4: two copies of the privateer commission;
- SP 5: ransom bill for the Margaretta and Anne, master John Summers: £700 for ship and cargo, £20 for plunder;
- SP 6: ransom bill for the Dobson, master William Hearn: £170 for cargo, £10 for plunder;
- SP 7: permit to raise a crew of 30 at Dunkirk;
- SP 8: a list of people at various ports in France with the signal to be used to inform them of a prize or ransom.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 4 August 1747]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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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 32/94/2/8; moved from HCA 32/154/1 in 1951
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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 and French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512406/
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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