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Captured ship: St David (master unknown). History: French sloop (90 tons) laden with...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/104/6

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This record is about the Captured ship: St David (master unknown). History: French sloop (90 tons) laden with... dating from 1746 - 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 32/104/6
Date
1746 - 1747
Description

Captured ship: St David (master unknown).

History: French sloop (90 tons) laden with wine and flour, taken on 5 August 1746 in La Rochelle harbour by eight of the crew of the captured Bristol privateer the Tryall, who escaped from prison, seized the sloop and brought he into Topsham.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7]: attestation as to there being no papers;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: two attestations by men of the Postilion privateer (master Nicholas Hole) to the effect that they rescued the eight men in the St David at sea and brought them and the sloop to Topsham;
  • [CP 10-CP 15]: appraisement and sale.

[Decision: condemned as perquisites of admiralty, 21 November 1746]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512686/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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