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Captured ship: St Charles , otherwise St Charle or La Fortune (master Charles Olivier)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/103/16

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Reference
HCA 32/103/16
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: St Charles, otherwise St Charle or La Fortune (master Charles Olivier).

History: a French vessel, [bound from Turkey to Messina, laden with cotton, silk, hair and olive oil; taken as a joint capture by the English privateers or merchant ships Dursley Galley (Edward Campion commanding), Bacchus (Robert Taverner commanding), and Imperial Anne (Richard Harman commanding), and brought into Leghorn; taken again on 27 April 1744, while lying at quarantine in Leghorn Roads, by HMS Revenge (George Berkeley commanding).

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/90, fos 183, 186, 189]
  • [CP 1]: release of interest by the prize crew of HMS Revenge, January 1745.
  • [CP 2]: allegation of HMS Revenge, April 1745;
  • [CP 3-CP 4]: attestation as to papers, May 1745; and translation of the 1 ship's paper.

Ship's paper: SP 1: a bill of lading, 5 March 1744.

[Decision: condemned, 27 May 1745: afterwards appealed by the Dursley Galley (Edward Campion commanding), Bacchus (Robert Taverner commanding), and Imperial Anne (Richard Harman commanding) and since agreed, as perquisites of admiralty.

[For the appeal papers, see HCA 42/26/9]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/103/1/16
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512657/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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