Catalogue description Captured ship: St Rosalie otherwise Le Postillon of Nantes (master Antoine Videl)....

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Details of HCA 32/150/9
Reference: HCA 32/150/9
Description:

Captured ship: St Rosalie otherwise Le Postillonof Nantes (master Antoine Videl).

History: a French ship (100 tons, 6 guns, 18 men), bound from Safi in the Maghreb to Cadiz, laden with wax; taken on 10/21 June 1747 in Safia Bay by the privateers King George (George Walker commanding) and Duke (Edward Dottin commanding), and brought into Lisbon.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: standing interrogatories, four examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 3]: allegation;
  • [CP 4-CP 5]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 52 ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 52, ship's passes, letter of marque, charterparty, bills of lading, instructions, accounts, receipts, letter, bills of health.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 19 May 1747]
Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1747
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English, French and Spanish
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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