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Manuscript prize appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court of St Kitts. Captured ship:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/132
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This record is about the Manuscript prize appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court of St Kitts. Captured ship:... dating from 1778-1782 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 42/132
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778-1782
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Manuscript prize appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court of St Kitts.
Captured ship: Impromptu (master Jean Caillaut or Caillavet).
History: a French merchant ship (snow, 340 tons, 27 men) bound from Bordeaux to Saint Domingue; taken in autumn 1778 by the privateer Duchess of Kingston of Guernsey (Nicholas Lauga commanding), whose prize-master and crew were later forcibly dispossessed by the privateers Mary (Robert Beatty commanding) and Resolution (John Lamont commanding), and brought by them into St Kitts.
A large collection, including ship's papers.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Brought together here from HCA 42/129-131 in 2024
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 42
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers
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Within the series: HCA 42
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers
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Manuscript prize appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court of St Kitts. Captured ship:...
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