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Captured ship: L'Andromaque otherwise L'Andromache of La Rochelle (master Henry Belliveau);...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/95/33

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This record is about the Captured ship: L'Andromaque otherwise L'Andromache of La Rochelle (master Henry Belliveau);... 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
HCA 32/95/33
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: L'Andromaque otherwise L'Andromache of La Rochelle (master Henry Belliveau); formerly La Catherine .

History: a French merchant ship with letter of marque (300 tons, 16 guns, 50 men, 3 passengers), bound from La Rochelle to Cap François, Saint Domingue, laden with linen goods, shoes, beer: taken on 18/29 October 1747 about 120 leagues north west of Cape Finisterre by HMS Princess Caroline (John Lovett commanding), and brought first into the Downs and then into the River Thames.

Documents:-

Court papers:-

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: attestation that the ship is so deep laden that she touches the river bed on every tide, with likely damage to thecargo;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation, and abstract and translation of ship's papers.

Ship's papers: numbered SP 1-SP 29.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 14 December 1747]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/95/2/13
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512440/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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