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Captured ship: Jane of Eyemouth (master Thomas Kellie or Kelly, and as a French prize,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/120/5

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This record is about the Captured ship: Jane of Eyemouth (master Thomas Kellie or Kelly, and as a French prize,... dating from 1745 - 1746 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/120/5
Date
1745 - 1746
Description

Captured ship: Jane of Eyemouth (master Thomas Kellie or Kelly, and as a French prize, André Theodore Lux).

History: a Scottish ship (brigantine, 60 tons, 5 guns, 5 men and a boy), bound from Rotterdam to Eyemouth, Berwickshire, laden with sweet oil and linseed; taken on 11/22 April 1745 between Flamborough Head and Scarborough by the French privateer L'Union of Dunkirk (itself taken on 16/27 April 1745 off Niewpoort by HMS Falcon), and retaken on 12/23 April 1745 by HMS Jamaica (Robert Jeffries commanding), and brought into Kingston upon Hull.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]: standing interrogatories, two examinations at Rochester of the crew of the Jane taken aboard L'Union, commissioners' affidavit: 13 June 1745;
  • [CP 5]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 6]: additional interrogatories;
  • [CP 7-CP 9]: attestation, commission, appraisement;
  • [CP 10]: allegation;
  • [CP 11]: attestation as to papers.

Ship's Paper numbered SP 1.

[Decision: cargo condemned, ship restored paying 1/8 salvage, 8 February 1746]

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513149/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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