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Captured ship: Les Deux Soeurs of Nantes (master Tobie Clarke). History: a French...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/104/14

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This record is about the Captured ship: Les Deux Soeurs of Nantes (master Tobie Clarke). 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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Reference
HCA 32/104/14
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: Les Deux Soeurs of Nantes (master Tobie Clarke).

History: a French merchant ship (180 tons, 12 guns, 21 men), bound from Saint-Domingue to Nantes, laden with sugar, indigo and hides; taken on 26 June/7 July 1747 15 leagues SW of Belle Isle by HMS Lyon (Arthur Scott commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 4]: allegation;
  • [CP 5]: attestation as to papers;
  • [CP 6]: attestation as to necessity of unloading the cargo;
  • [CP 7]; abstract and translation of the ship's papers nos. 1 to 7.

Ships's Papers: nos. 1 to 7.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 1 September 1747]

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/C14512694/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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