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
Not a captured ship: Le Fleury (master Pierre Fleury). History: [unknown: the author...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/57
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/112/57
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1748-1749
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Description (What the record is about)
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Not a captured ship: Le Fleury (master Pierre Fleury).
History: [unknown: the author of this journal, Pierre Fleury of Morlaix, may be the Pierre Fleury de Kr'alegan who was master of Le Du Mouchy of Morlaix HCA 32/106/23 but this journal cannot have been captured from that ship, as it is dated two years after that capture].
Documents: [SP 1]: A journal of a peacetime voyage in Le Fleury, a vessel of 60 tons with a crew of 30, master Pierre Fleury, fitted out at Morlaix for a voyage to Martinique or Saint-Domingue or another part of French America, without cannons or cold steel, by the armateur, Monsieur Samson Fleury.
The journal begins at Morlaix on Thursday 10 October 1748. The last page has been torn off and is missing. The last extant entry is for Sunday 15 June 1749, and describes how, on the return journey from Martinique, they met an English vessel and invited the captain to dinner. Returning to his ship after dinner, the boat he was in sank, drowning him and three other Englishmen, along with two Frenchmen, Monsieur Havard and Monsieur Barthelemy de la Roquette.
There are a few naïve sketches of sailing ships in the margins.
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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 pt 1
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- 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/C14512964/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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