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Captured ship: Farmer's Adventure (master Dugal Mackenzie; as a French prize, Michel...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/8

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This record is about the Captured ship: Farmer's Adventure (master Dugal Mackenzie; as a French prize, Michel... 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
HCA 32/112/8
Date
1744 - 1745
Description

Captured ship: Farmer's Adventure (master Dugal Mackenzie; as a French prize, Michel Picard).

History: a British merchant ship or snow (90 tons), bound from South Carolina to Cowes, Isle of Wight, laden with 342 barrels of rice and two hogsheads of rum; taken on 12/23 August 1744 in latitude 50° 4', longitude 4° 40' by the French privateers Le Roy Stanislas (Britineau Duplessis commanding) and Le Formidable (J Averty commanding); retaken on 14/25 August 1744 18 leagues south-west of Ushant by the privateer Charming Nancy (Gideon Villeneufve commanding), and brought into Jersey, and then Guernsey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: covering letter, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 3]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 4-CP 19]: attestations and affidavits, with attached exhibits;
  • [CP 20]: abstract and translation of the 6 ship's papers (which are papers produced by the French captors of the Farmer's Adventure, not by the Farmer's Adventure herself).

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1 to SP 6.

[Decision: restored paying 1/3 salvage, 25 June 1745]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/112/1/8
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512915/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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