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Captured ship: La Jeannette of Nantes (master Julien Hiron). History: a French merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/118/26

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HCA 32/118/26
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: La Jeannette of Nantes (master Julien Hiron).

History: a French merchant ship [(English built, 150-200 tons, 3 guns, 6 swivel guns, 15 men, a prize bought from the Spanish), bound from Guinea via Leogane, Saint Domingue to Nantes laden with sugar, hides, cowries, elephants' teeth and dollars]; taken on 22 June/3 July 1744 in latitude 47º 13' by HMS Hampton Court (Savage Mostyn commanding) in company with HMS Chester (Francis Geary commanding) and HMS Grampus sloop (Richard Collins commanding), and brought into the River Thames.

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/90, fos 83-84]
  • [CP 1]: allegation;
  • [CP 2-CP 3]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 10 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 11, with 11 being a sheet torn from a naval muster book, and used as a sealed wrapper.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 2 August 1744]

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/118/2/11
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513100/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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