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: La Fortune (master François Maillet La Coste). History: a French merchant...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/35
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/112/35
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: La Fortune (master François Maillet La Coste).
History: a French merchant ship (300 tons, 10 guns, 25 men and 1 passenger), bound from Saint Louis [Saint-Louis-du-Sud] Saint-Domingue to Nantes or La Rochelle, laden with sugar, coffee, indigo and hides; formerly the Fortune of Liverpool (master Francis Green), taken in 1745 between Africa and Jamaica by a French or Spanish ship, and taken into Port Louis [Saint-Louis-du-Sud, Saint-Domingue]; retaken on 23 June / 4 July 1747 about 30 leagues from Belle Isle by HMS Kent (Thomas Fox commanding), and brought into Portsmouth or London.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 6]: attestation concerning the need to unload the cargo;
- [CP 7]: attestation and claim;
- [CP 8]: allegation;
- [CP 9-CP 11]: two attestations as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 4 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 4.
[Decision: cargo condemned, ship restored paying 1/8 salvage, 1 September 1747]
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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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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HCA 32/112/2/2
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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)
- English and French
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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/C14512942/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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