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Captured ship: Notre Dame de Camaret (François Boussard, Boussart or Bouchard). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/135/4

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This record is about the Captured ship: Notre Dame de Camaret (François Boussard, Boussart or Bouchard). History:... 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 32/135/4
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: Notre Dame de Camaret (François Boussard, Boussart or Bouchard).

History: a French ship (40 tons, 7 men), bound from Bordeaux to Landerneau, laden with wine, rosin, pitch, prunes and almonds; taken on 1/12 January 1748 off Ushant by HMS Tryal (Robert Stewart commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 5]: allegation;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 15 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 15.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 25 February 1748]

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/C14513510/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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