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Captured ship: St Clement of Nantes (master Michel le Pape). History: a French merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/100/21

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Reference
HCA 32/100/21
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: St Clement of Nantes (master Michel le Pape).

History: a French merchant ship (250 tons, 45 men), bound from Cap François, Saint Domingue to Nantes, laden with sugar, indigo and coffee; taken in fight on 27 February / 9 March 1745 by the privateer Charming Nancy (John Luce commanding) and brought into Jersey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 2]: allegation;
  • [CP 3] attestation as to papers, originally attached to 6 unnumbered letters in transit [now numbered SP 66-SP 71];
  • [CP 4]: letter from the commissioners about further papers and new regulations;
  • [CP 5]: abstract and translation of the first 65 ship's papers and mail in transit.

Ship's papers and mail in transit: numbered SP 1-SP 71.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 24 May 1745]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and 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/C14512580/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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