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: Achille of St Malo (commander Louis Jean François Du Serre). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/95/1
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This record is about the Captured ship: Achille of St Malo (commander Louis Jean François Du Serre). History:... dating from 1745 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 32/95/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1745
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Achille of St Malo (commander Louis Jean François Du Serre).
History: a French privateer (140 tons, 137 men, 22 carriage guns) bound from St Malo on a cruise; taken on 10 June 1745 by HMS Princess Louisa (William Boys commanding) and HMS Captain (Thomas Griffin commanding) about 16 leagues south of Start [Point], and brought into Plymouth.
Documents:-
Court papers:
- [CP 1-CP 7]: standing interrogatories, three examinations (of Du Serre, Simon Pinot and Gilles Glau) taken on 3 June 1745, return, attestation, translation and abstract of the 14 ship's papers including 2 letters;
- [CP 8]: allegation;
- [CP 9 - CP 13]: three examinations taken in Devon on 7-10 August 1745 (of Guillaume Desbois, Pinot and Glau), standing interrogatories and commisioners' affidavit;
- [CP 14 - CP 16]: copies of the three examinations of 3 June extracted from the HCA registry.
Ship's papers: numbered SP 1-SP 14, including the muster roll, and orders and letters from Duchenot Chenu, the owner of the privateer, to Du Serre.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 2 July 1745]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and 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 32/95/1/1
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Miscellaneous
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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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