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: Les Deux Frères (master Antoine Levasseur). History: French merchant...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/104/11
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This record is about the Captured ship: Les Deux Frères (master Antoine Levasseur). History: French merchant... dating from 1744 - 1745 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/104/11
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744 - 1745
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Les Deux Frères (master Antoine Levasseur).
History: French merchant ship (130 tons, 15 men) bound from Saint-Domingue to Bordeaux laden with sugar; taken on 6/17 February 1745 by the privateer the Dursley Galley (Robert Veitch commanding) and brought into Falmouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit, allegation, attestation as to papers;
- [CP 6]: abstract and translation of the 89 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers: numbered 1 to 89. Nos 37 to 89 are mail-in-transit.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 10 June 1745]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Miscellaneous
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512691/
Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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