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Captured ship: St Antoine of Nantes (master Simon de la Citée Roche otherwise Rose)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/97/31

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Antoine of Nantes (master Simon de la Citée Roche otherwise Rose).... 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 32/97/31
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: St Antoine of Nantes (master Simon de la Citée Roche otherwise Rose).

History: a French merchant ship with a letter of marque (500 tons, 18 carriage guns, 4 swivel guns, 83 men), bound from Nantes to the island of Morrice in the East Indies [Mauritius otherwise Isle de France] laden with brandy, pork, beef, pitch, tar, brimstone, tallow, soap, flour, cordage, iron and salt for the French East India Company, with the intention of then going in ballast to Guinea to buy slaves for Saint Domingue, and sugar from Saint Domingue; taken on 27 July 1747 in latitude 49ºN about 50 leagues southwest of Cape Clear, by HMS Windsor (Thomas Hanway commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, 3 examinations, comissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]; attestation as to the poor state of the cargo;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: atttestation, and abstract and translation of the 11 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 11.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 1 September 1747]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512493/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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