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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: La Jeune Marguérite (master Laurent Müller)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/368A

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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: La Jeune Marguérite (master Laurent Müller).... dating from 1779 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 32/368A
Date
1779
Description

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: La Jeune Marguérite (master Laurent Müller).

History: a French merchant ship (290 tons, 20 men), bound from Guadeloupe to Bordeaux, laden with sugar, coffee, cotton; taken on 31 August or 1 September 1779 in latitude 38°'N, longitude 58°'W of Paris by HMS Diamond (John Linzie commanding), HMS Monmouth (Robert Fanshaw commanding), HMS Dromedary (William Lockhart commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Court papers: 112-139; Ship's papers: 1-111.

[These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].

21 ships paper volumes (SPV 1-SPV 21), dated 1776-1779, added from HCA 32/493/1 in October 2023.

6 ship's papers (numbered 3-8) of the French merchant ship Marie Louise, 1777 (originally enclosed with papers of La Jeune Marguerite) restored here in October 2023.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/368/4/1-139
Former reference
HCA 32/368/4; HCA 32/493/1
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
International
Litigation
Trade and commerce
Caribbean
Conflict
Food and drink
Navy
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Operations, battles and campaigns
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18677565/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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