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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.
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Captured ship: Le Duc de Broglie of Morlaix (commander François Chénard, Sieur de...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/180/21
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This record is about the Captured ship: Le Duc de Broglie of Morlaix (commander François Chénard, Sieur de... dating from 1757-1758 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 32/180/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1757-1758
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Le Duc de Broglie of Morlaix (commander François Chénard, Sieur de la Giraudais).
History: a French privateer (130 tons, 117 men) cruising from Morlaix to Saint-Malo; taken in fight on 13 December 1757 in 52° N by HMS Shannon (Charles Medows [later Earl Manvers] commanding) and brought into Falmouth. Originally the English ship Amazon, taken by two French privateers L'Invincible and Le Pisieux and condemned as prize by a vice-admiralty court in Morlaix. As a French privateer she was owned by Porée Deslandes of Saint-Malo.
The muster role lists the ship's home port as Sant-Malo, not Morlaix, and the captain as Pierre Chenard, not François.
Documents: allegation; claim of the Amazon's owners; examinations; ship's papers; journals; miscellaneous papers; list of crew with battle stations.
Including two copies of a ransom bill for the Cumberland of Bristol (master Alexander Chambers), a ship owned by Fitzgerald & Co of London on a voyage from Jamaica to London laden with sugar, coffee and indigo, supposedly taken by Le Duc de Broglie on 10 December 1757. The ransom was set at the seemingly unrealistic sum of £100,000 sterling, and the Cumberland's mate, William Giles, taken as hostage. There is no mention of Giles in the examinations
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16734606/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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