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: Ceres otherwise Young Ceres of Dartmouth (master Peter Barbenson,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/100/9
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This record is about the Captured ship: Ceres otherwise Young Ceres of Dartmouth (master Peter Barbenson,... dating from 1745 - 1746 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 32/100/9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1745 - 1746
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Ceres otherwise Young Ceres of Dartmouth (master Peter Barbenson, and in the French Navy, Eugene Macarthy).
History: formerly an English privateer (taken off Ushant by the French), then a convoying frigate in the French Navy (10 guns, 50 men), and as such was escorting a convoy of 19 ships from Nantes to Brest; taken on 13/24 March 1746 with four other ships by the privateersSaltash (George Powell commanding) and Warren Galley (Charles Wilson commanding), and brought into Falmouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 4]: attestation and claim;
- [CP 5]: release by the captors;
- [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation as to papers, and translation of the 2 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers, now marked SP A (printed signals) and SP B (navigation journal in French and English of Eugene Macarthy from 7 August 1745, with at the other end a manuscript copy of a poem on the death of Adonis [from Les Idylles de Bion de Smyrne]).
[Decision: restored to paying 1/2 salvage 24 February 1747]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See the 2 examinations in HCA 13/90
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512568/
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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