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
Captured ship: Mercure (commander Pierre de Tilly Le Pelley). History: a French warship...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/128/30
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/128/30
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Mercure (commander Pierre de Tilly Le Pelley).
History: a French warship (900 tons, 16 guns - a 64 gun ship, but now armed en flute as a hospital ship for the Duc D'Anville's expedition to retake Acadia [in French Canada], 281 men - mariners, soldiers, and 17 English prisoners of war: as a hospital ship, the number of men aboard during the voyage naturally changing); separated from the French naval squadron off Acadia by bad weather, and returning to Brest; taken without resistance on 24 November/5 December 1746 at latitude 48°25'’ 14 leagues off Ushant by HMS Namur (Edward Boscawen commanding), and brought into Plymouth.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 6]: allegation;
- [CP 7]: abstract and translation of the 2 ship's papers (the other papers having been thrown overboard).
Ship's Papers marked SP A-SP B: A is the captain's commission, B an incomplete and informal muster roll.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 15 January 1747]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513384/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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