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Captured ship: Lydia (master Thomas Askew or Bertrand Moracin as prize master). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/127/39

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This record is about the Captured ship: Lydia (master Thomas Askew or Bertrand Moracin as prize master). History:... dating from 1744-1745 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 32/127/39
Date
1744-1745
Description

Captured ship: Lydia (master Thomas Askew or Bertrand Moracin as prize master).

History: an English merchant ship (70 tons, 9 men), bound from Madeira to London, laden with wine and lemons; taken on 6 February at latitude 47°N, 60 leagues off Scilly by the French; retaken on 16 February 1745 at latitude 40°, 35 leagues west of Scilly by the privateer Resolution (Alexander Ley commanding), and brought into London.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/90, fo. 443]
  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 7-CP 8]: Commission of appraisement and appraisement;
  • [CP 9]: attestation as to papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 8.

[Decision: restored paying 1/2 salvage, 11 June 1745]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513345/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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