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Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Le Dauphin de France of Bayonne...

Catalogue reference: HCA 42/27/2

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This record is about the Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Le Dauphin de France of Bayonne... dating from 1743 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 42/27/2
Date
1743
Description

Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Le Dauphin de France of Bayonne (master Simon Daragorry, former master Dominique Lauga).

History: a French merchant ship (210 tons, 45 men and 7 passengers), bound from Veracruz via Havana to La Rochelle, laden with cochineal, jollup, indigo, hides, tortoise-shell and snuff; taken 6/17 August 1743 between 46° and 47°, 13 leagues from Belle Isle by HMS Captain (John Byng commanding), and brought into Spithead.

Manuscript appeal papers.

Related material

See the original cause at HCA 32/104/5

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16676462/

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HCA 42

High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers

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Manuscript appeal papers for captured ships, names beginning with D and E. (Described...

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