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Captured ship: Le Don de Dieu of Grandville (master Pierre Moullard or Moulard)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/106/9

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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Don de Dieu of Grandville (master Pierre Moullard or Moulard).... dating from 1744 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 32/106/9
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: Le Don de Dieu of Grandville (master Pierre Moullard or Moulard).

History: a French merchant ship with letter of marque (80 tons, 19 men), bound from the Banks of Newfoundland to Honfleur, laden with 17,000 codfish, oil and cod tongues and lights; taken on 14/25 July 1744 in latitude 48º45 by the privateer Dispatch (Philip Balaine commanding), and brought into Sutton Pool, Plymouth

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: two examinations (with a note that the interrogatories and commissioners' affidavit were brought in with the papers of the Marie Françoise;
  • [CP 3]: allegation;
  • [CP 4]: abstract and translation of the 3 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, marked SP A-SP C.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 6 September 1744]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Related material

Papers of the Marie Françoise are in HCA 32/130/14

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/C14512745/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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