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: St François de Paul (master Antoine Martin). History: a French merchant...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/46
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/112/46
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1743-1746
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St François de Paul (master Antoine Martin).
History: a French merchant ship (60 tons, 2 guns, 12 men and 4 Turkish, 4 Moorish and one Jewish passenger with a Moorish slave), bound from Gerbig in Barbary to Athens and Smyrna, laden with soap ashes, 62 bales of sashes and parangani, 4 cases of red caps Barbary style, and 3 cases of dry cuttles; taken on 1/12 July 1744 of Cerigo [Kythira] by the privateer Ruby (Robert Saunders commanding), and brought into Malta. The master, some of the crew and one passenger were put ashore on Kythira.
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 2]: copy (in Italian) of the examinations of the master and his principal passenger/freighter, a Moor named Osman Candia, taken at Cerigo [Kythira] by the Venetian authorities there; and an English translation;
- [CP 3]: allegation;
- [CP 4-CP 5]: attestation as to papers (and absence of examinations), and abstract and translation of the 2 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 2.
[Decision: initially condemned, afterwards appealed and restored, 10 December 1744]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Appeal papers are in HCA 42/28/8
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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 32/112/2/13, HCA 42/28/8
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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, French and Italian
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512953/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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