Piece
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Item
Captured ship: Le Télémaque or Thélemaque of La Rochelle (master Pierre Robert),...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/155/7
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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Télémaque or Thélemaque of La Rochelle (master Pierre Robert),... dating from 1744 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/155/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Le Télémaque or Thélemaque of La Rochelle (master Pierre Robert), formerly the Mary Ann.
History: a French merchant ship (180 tons, 12 guns, 36 men), bound from Saint Domingue to La Rochelle, laden with sugar, indigo and wood; taken on 10/21 July 1744 in latitude 46°N by the privateer King William (Thomas Cornish commanding), and brought into Kinsale, Ireland.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1]: three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 2]: allegation;
- [CP 3-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 39 ship's papers, docket.
Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 39, ship's papers, customs papers, ship's pass, muster roll, printed shipboard regulations and provision lsits.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 6 September 1744]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513997/
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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