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Captured ship: L'Atlas of La Rochelle (master Pierre Robert), formerly called (i)...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/96/19

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This record is about the Captured ship: L'Atlas of La Rochelle (master Pierre Robert), formerly called (i)... 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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HCA 32/96/19
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: L'Atlas of La Rochelle (master Pierre Robert), formerly called (i) the Mercury (ii) L'Ercule (iii) Le Rodoc.

History: a French merchant ship with a letter of marque (320 tons, 20 carriage guns, 8 swivel guns, 42 men), bound from Saint Domingue to La Rochelle, laden with coffee, sugar and indigo; taken in fight on 23 June/4 July 1747 10 leagues southwest of Ushant by HMS Advice (Richard Haddock commanding) and brought first into Plymouth, and then into London.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners's affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7]: attestation as to the ship's papers;
  • [CP 8]: attestation as to damage to the ship in the River Thames unless the sugar is unloaded;
  • [CP 9]: abstract and translation of the 53 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 53.

  • 1-33: bills of lading;
  • 34-53: ship's papers.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 18 August 1747]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/96/2/12
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512464/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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