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This piece contains a wide variety of papers from the French ships Lys (Captain Lozier...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/698
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This record is about the This piece contains a wide variety of papers from the French ships Lys (Captain Lozier... dating from 1743-1755 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. 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 30/698
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1743-1755
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Description (What the record is about)
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This piece contains a wide variety of papers from the French ships Lys (Captain Lozier Bouvet), Sainte Barbe de Marteque, L'Aquillon, Argonaute and Prince de Conty.
In many cases it is not possible to identify which ship the papers belong to. They include:
- Songs
- Equipment inventories
- Tables of Latitude and Longtitude
- A book on shipbuilding
- Navigation instructions from Pondicherry to Bengal
- A journal from the frigate Aquillon
- A collection of documents from the Lys relating to rites of passage for novice seamen crossing the equator
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- One of several pieces containing material provisionally identified as probably taken from the Prince de Conti (Nicolas François Gaillard de la Motte). Pending further sorting and cataloguing.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4249649/
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Series information
HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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