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Captured ship: Marie Marguerite of Nantes (master André Gauvain). History: a French...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/129/10

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HCA 32/129/10
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: Marie Marguerite of Nantes (master André Gauvain).

History: a French merchant ship (300 tons, 14 guns, 39 men), bound from Leogane, Saint Domingue to Nantes, laden with sugar, cotton, indigo, and tortoise shells; taken on 26 March / 6 April 1745 near Belle Isle by HMS Captain (Thomas Griffin commanding) in sight of six other naval ships: HMS Edinburgh (William Martin Vice-Admiral, and Thomas Coates commanding), HMS Lenox (Peter Lawrence commanding), HMS Hampton Court (Savage Mostyn commanding), HMS Monmouth (Henry Harrison commanding), HMS Prince Frederick (Henry Norris commanding), and HMSPrincess Louisa (William Boys commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 6]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit and a wrapper;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8]: abstract and translation of 23 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 25.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 14 May 1745]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and 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/C14513405/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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