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: Friendship (master Lockhart; as a French prize, Claude Donjou). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/52
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This record is about the Captured ship: Friendship (master Lockhart; as a French prize, Claude Donjou). History:... 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/112/52
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Friendship (master Lockhart; as a French prize, Claude Donjou).
History: a British merchant ship (140 tons, 103 men including passengers when retaken); taken on 8/19 May 1744 by the French privateer St Jean Baptiste of St Malo (Peter Vincent, or Ribart, commanding), and taken into Griquet Harbour in Newfoundland where her cargo of cloth, groceryware, shoes, bridles, saddles etc was sold and the ship was loaded with 60,000 dried cod and 139 casks of oil and, carrying the crews of some other ships as passengers, set out for St Malo; retaken after a chase on 14/25 October 1744 four leagues off Roscoff by the privateer Guernsey (Elias Piton commanding), and brought into Guernsey.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1]: three examinations;
- [CP 2]: abstract and translation of the 9 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 9.
[Decision: cargo condemned, 21 November 1744; case as to the ship discontinued, 24 May 1745]
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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 32/112/2/19
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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/C14512959/
Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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