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Captured ship: Mercury (master Charles Hargrave, as a French prize Reneau or Reneaux)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/128/33

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This record is about the Captured ship: Mercury (master Charles Hargrave, as a French prize Reneau or Reneaux).... dating from 1748 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 32/128/33
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: Mercury (master Charles Hargrave, as a French prize Reneau or Reneaux).

History: an English merchant ship (11 French men and 4 English prisoners); taken by the French, retaken July or August 1748 at latitude 36°N 64'’ by the privateer Phoenix (John Mason commanding), and brought into London.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/91, fos 159-160]
  • [CP 1]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 2-CP 3]: attestations of the re-captors;
  • [CP 4]: abstract and translation of the 3 ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 3.

[Decision: restored without salvage, appealed 21 February 1749]

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/C14513387/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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