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Captured ship: Nicholson or Nicholas of St Malo (master Peter or Pierre de Hamel)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1908/28

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This record is about the Captured ship: Nicholson or Nicholas of St Malo (master Peter or Pierre de Hamel).... dating from 1697 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 32/1908/28

Date

1697

Description

Captured ship: Nicholson or Nicholas of St Malo (master Peter or Pierre de Hamel).

History: a French merchant ship (300 tons, 22 guns, 40 men and a boy) bound from Morlaix to St Malo, laden with tallow, candles. herrings, oranges and greenfish; taken on 27 February / 9 March 1696/7 off Morlaix by the privateer Prosperous (Dennis Rous commanding), and brought into Guernsey.

Documents –

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 15:

  • CP 1-CP 3]: three examinations taken at Guernsey;
  • [CP 4]: four examinations taken at Weymouth;
  • [CP 5]: claim to the ship on behalf of merchants in London, which was previously captured and condemned as a prize in France;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation as to the ship’s previous ownership and bill of sale;
  • [CP 8-CP 12]: legal proceedings taken on commission at Guernsey, including allegation, interrogatories, examinations, commission, docket;
  • [CP 13-CP 14]: inventory, commission of appraisement;
  • [CP 15]: docket for the ship’s papers.
Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 4, bills of lading, muster roll, ship’s pass.

[Decision: ship restored, paying salvage, cargo condemned 10 August 1697].

Note

Extra information added from IND 1/9016, p.227

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference

HCA 32/14, HCA 32/18, HCA 32/40

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English and French

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18063667/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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Within the piece: HCA 32/1908

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