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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Le Goree (commander Joseph Allary). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/344A
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Le Goree (commander Joseph Allary). History:... dating from 1779 May 16 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779 May 16
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Le Goree (commander Joseph Allary).
History: a French naval ship (schooner, 80 tons, 14 carriage guns, 8 swivel guns, 36 men), bound from St Louis and Goree, Senegal to France, laden with 5 elephants teeth, but also carrying 8 French passengers, and 38 prisoners including William Lacy late governor of Senegambia (26 English soldiers - the garrison of Fort James on the Gambia River, 1 English woman, 6 English ship masters and 5 other masters from ships brought into Goree); taken on 16 May 1779 around 2 leagues southwest of Isle Dieu by the privateer Active of Poole (John Broom commanding), and brought into Poole.
Intended voyage: from West Africa to France.
Court papers: 1-13;
Ship's papers: 14-217. Includes many letters from Senegal and Goree to France, and Allary's private archive.
[These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
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- Moved here from HCA 32/344/9 in 2025
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/344/9
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- English and French
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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