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Captured ship: La Vestale of Nantes (master Pierre Ragideau Lepinay or Raguiday Lepinay,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/157/3

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This record is about the Captured ship: La Vestale of Nantes (master Pierre Ragideau Lepinay or Raguiday Lepinay,... 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
HCA 32/157/3
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: La Vestale of Nantes (master Pierre Ragideau Lepinay or Raguiday Lepinay, succeeding Thomas Larragon or Laragon).

History: a French merchant ship (150 tons, 12 guns, 33 men), bound from Martinique to Nantes, laden with sugar and coffee; taken on 17/28 June 1744 in latitude 46°N by HMS Hampton Court (Savage Mostyn commanding), HMS Grampus (Richard Collins commanding) and HMS Chester (Francis Geary commanding), and brought into London.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/90, fos 82-83];
  • [CP 1]: allegation;
  • [CP 2-CP 4]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 5 ship's papers, docket.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 5, ship's pass, bill of lading, permit, cargo manifest, muster roll.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 2 August 1744]

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/C14514045/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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