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Captured ship: Le Charles Vincent of Grandville (master Etienne Tanqueray or Tanquerey)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/102/10

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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Charles Vincent of Grandville (master Etienne Tanqueray or Tanquerey).... dating from 1744 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 32/102/10
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: Le Charles Vincent of Grandville (master Etienne Tanqueray or Tanquerey).

History: a French ship (100 tons, 22 men); taken on 3/14 August 1744 fishing on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland by the privateer Benson Galley of Appledore (Richard Vernam commanding), and brought into Appledore.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations taken at Barnstaple, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7-CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of 22 of the 23 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 23, including letters to or from the master.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 23 October 1744]

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/C14512622/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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