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Captured ship: Bamff (master James Paterson before the capture). History: an English...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/98/3

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Reference
HCA 32/98/3
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: Bamff (master James Paterson before the capture).

History: an English merchant ship, bound from Carolina to England; taken on 19/30 April 1747 by the French privateer Revenge, and retaken on 26 April / 7 May about 12 leagues off the Sept Iles by HMS Grand Turk (Anthony Kerly commanding) and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]; standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affiidavit;
  • [CP 5]: allegation;
  • [CP 6]: claim.

[Decision: restored paying 1/8 salvage 14 July 1747]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512508/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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