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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.
Item
Captured ship: Fortune [of Nantes] (prize master Jean La Plaunte of Bayonne) History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1947/7
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This record is about the Captured ship: Fortune [of Nantes] (prize master Jean La Plaunte of Bayonne) History:... dating from 1673 Feb 25 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 32/1947/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1673 Feb 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Fortune [of Nantes] (prize master Jean La Plaunte of Bayonne)
History: a French merchant ship (8 tons, unarmed, 6 French prize crew), bound from [Nantes], laden with brandy, tobacco and French wines; taken by a Dutch privateer in early 1673; retaken on 24 January/3 February 1672/1673 about 9 leagues off Audierne by the French frigate [and naval warship] Bay Tree or Laurel of Brest [that is, the naval ship Laurier] (De Noau, otherwise De Noua, De Nova, commanding), and sent in for Brest, but forced by contrary winds and the loss of her foresail into Plymouth about 14/24 February 1672/1673, and there seized about 25 February/7 March 1672/1673.
Documents:-
Court Papers, numbered CP 1:-
- [CP 1]: three examinations taken at Plymouth, 28 February 1672/1673.
Extra information:-
- Restored 26 May 1673: see IND 1/9012, f.26. When the ship was seized, the prize master had no commission or ships papers, and there were none of the Dutch privateer crew aboard that could be examined, nor any of the original French papers.
- See Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1672-1673, p. 609 (25 February 1673), and SP 29/334, no 11i.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- HCA 32/8B/30
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- Public Record(s)
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- English and Latin
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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