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: La Concorde of Bayonne (master Etienne Desbarbes). History: a French...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/102/24
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This record is about the Captured ship: La Concorde of Bayonne (master Etienne Desbarbes). History: a French... 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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HCA 32/102/24
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Date (When the record was created)
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1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: La Concorde of Bayonne (master Etienne Desbarbes).
History: a French merchant ship with a letter of marque (300 tons, bound from Bayonne to Martinique, laden with beef, wine, butter and flour; taken on 19/30 April 1747 in 46º20 by HMS Kent (Thomas Fox commanding) and HMS Hampton Court (Savage Mostyn commanding), and brought into the port of London.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/91, fos 61-2, 70];
- [CP 1]: attestation of the perishing state of the cargo;
- [CP 2]: allegation;
- [CP 3-CP 4]: attestation as to papers (from Plymouth), and abstract and translation of the 35 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 35.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 19 August 1747]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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