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Captured ship: St Marthe (master [unknown]). History: a deserted French merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/131/12

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Reference
HCA 32/131/12
Date
1748-1750
Description

Captured ship: St Marthe (master [unknown]).

History: a deserted French merchant ship (80 tons, 4 guns), bound from Bordeaux, laden with wine and soap; taken on 5/16 April 1748 off the coast of Brittany by the privateers Hannover (Thomas le Plage commanding), Fly (Peter Oliver commanding), and Jersey Galley (Nicholas Dupré commanding), and brought into Guernsey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: set of three examinations and commissioners' affidavit, brought into court on 26 April 1748;
  • [CP 2]: set of three examinations and commissioner's affidavit, brought into court on 25 May 1748;
  • [CP 3-CP 4]: two allegations (joint capture with and without the Jersey Galley) brought into court on 26 June 1750 and 6 July 1752;
  • [CP 5-9]: additional interrogatories on behalf of Nicholas Dupré, set of three examinations concerning the disputed joint capture, power of substitution, allegation (including the Jersey Galley), commission/wrapper; brought into court on 20 January 1753;
  • [CP 10-CP 13]: set of five examinations concerning the disputed joint capture on behalf of Thomas le Plage and Peter Oliver, commissioners affidavit, allegation (without the Jersey Galley), commission/wrapper; brought into court on 29 January 1754;
  • [CP 14-CP 15]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 6 ship's papers; also brought into court from Guernsey on 26 April 1748;
  • [CP 16]: parchment schedule of all court costs.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 4.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 21 June 1748]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
[HCA 32/220]
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513453/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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