Catalogue description Captured ship: St Laurent (master Jean Jacques Masser). History: a French ship (50 tons,...

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Details of HCA 32/127/6
Reference: HCA 32/127/6
Description:

Captured ship: St Laurent (master Jean Jacques Masser).

History: a French ship (50 tons, 8 guns, 10 men), bound from Alexandria to Tripoli; taken on 17/28 July 1744 off Castelrosso by the privateer Ruby (Robert Saunders commanding), and brought into Zante.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: allegation;
  • [CP 2-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, wrapper, abstracts and translations of the 3 ship's papers;

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 3:

  • SP 1: examinations taken at Zante, in Italian;
  • SP 2-SP 3: muster roll, ship's pass;

[Decision: condemned as prize, 10 December 1744]
Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1744
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English, French and Italian
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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