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Captured ship: Le Charon of La Rochelle (master Antoine François Dumont otherwise...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/100/13

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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Charon of La Rochelle (master Antoine François Dumont otherwise... 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 32/100/13
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: Le Charon of La Rochelle (master Antoine François Dumont otherwise Dumon or Dumonde).

History: a French merchant ship with letter of marque (160 tons, 10 guns, 4 swivel guns, 37 men, 5 passengers), bound from La Rochelle to Saint Domingue, laden with salt, wine and linen; taken on 20 October 1747 in 40º30 by HMS Centurion (Peter Denis commanding), with the East India Company ships (with letters of marque) Pelham, Augusta and Walpole in convoy, and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, attestation as to papers, commissioners' affidavit [one document];
  • [CP 2]: attestation as to the state of the cargo;
  • [CP 3-CP 7]: allegations on behalf of HMS Centurion, and for joint capture by the East India Company ships Pelham and Augusta;
  • [CP 8]: abstract and translation of the 5 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 5 (also numbered and referred to in the examinations as 19-23).

[Decision: condemned as prize, 1 December 1747]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/5
Related material

Appeal papers are at HCA 42/26/13

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/C14512572/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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