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Captured ship: Le St Jean of Isle d'Ar [d'Arz], formerly the Elizabeth (master Bertrand...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/120/6

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This record is about the Captured ship: Le St Jean of Isle d'Ar [d'Arz], formerly the Elizabeth (master Bertrand... dating from 1745 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/120/6
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: Le St Jean of Isle d'Ar [d'Arz], formerly the Elizabeth (master Bertrand Rolland).

History: a French merchant ship (35 tons, 7 guns, 5 men, 4 passengers), bound from Bayonne to Nantes, laden with 20 iron guns, 1,000 iron shot, 14 tons of bar iron 10,000 weight of rosin; taken off the Isle Dieu on 22 June/3 July 1745 by the privateer Guernsey (Elias Pitou commanding) and brought into Guernsey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: three examinations;
  • [CP 2]: allegation;
  • [CP 3 -CP 4]: attestation as to papers (the original ship's paper 1), and abstract and translation of the 36 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 2-SP 36, with an SP 21A (a master's archive).

[Decision: condemned as prize, 5 September 1745]

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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