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Captured ship: St Michel or San Miguel alias Graciosa of San Sebastian (master Francisco...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/129/19

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Michel or San Miguel alias Graciosa of San Sebastian (master Francisco... dating from 1742 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 32/129/19
Date
1742
Description

Captured ship: St Michel or San Miguel alias Graciosa of San Sebastian (master Francisco Bonet).

History: a Spanish privateer (20 tons, 2 guns, 35 men), bound on a cruise; taken on 27 December 1741 / 7 January 1742 at St Alban’'s Head by the privateer Anne and Mary under the command of Lieutenant John Weller, of HMS St George, and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: commission;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 1 ship's paper.

Ship's Paper numbered SP 1.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 26 January 1743]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f138

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Spanish
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513414/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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