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Number not used; see HCA 42/554/10A and HCA 42/554/10B
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/554/10
Number not used; see HCA 42/554/10A and HCA 42/554/10B
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Captured ship: St Francis (Capt. Dumaresque Master). History: a French pirate ship...
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/4/3
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- HCA 42/4/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1693
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St Francis (Capt. Dumaresque Master).
History: a French pirate ship (500-600 tons) , run ashore and deserted at Mahila, laden with 14 iron guns and 10 elephant's teeth [ivory]; taken in 1693 in the East Indies by the three English East India Company ships, the Benjamin (John Brown commanding), Moca [Mocha] frigate (Leonard Edgcombe commanding, since deceased, and Tonqueen (Joseph Burton commanding) and brought into Mahila.
Documents: manuscript appeal papers.
[Decision: not yet known].
For the initial prize case papers, see HCA 32/1877/14.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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