Prize Ships 1798-1802,etc

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AvM
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Prize Ships 1798-1802,etc

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British House of Commons Papers inluded

Ships, &c. prosecuted as Prize during the late, and the present war
which included oeriod Jan 1802 to March 1808

I am looking for any other periods, perkaps any such lists
of prizes form 1798 to 1802, and from 1808 to 1815
Cy
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Re: Prize Ships 1798-1802,etc

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Look for the high court of Admiralty records on the National Archive discovery site. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Use the advanced search and the reference HCA, filter by the year range you are intersted in.
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AvM
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Re: Prize Ships 1798-1802,etc

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Many thanks!

There are 1000s of ships

Do you know any published lists?
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Re: Prize Ships 1798-1802,etc

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Yes, there's huge numbers. I'm afraid I do not know of anything published.
You might also be interested in Lloyd's list https://www.maritimearchives.co.uk/lloyds-list.html which has records of lost English vessels. Lloyd's were Maritime insurers.
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jon_ystrad
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Re: Prize Ships 1798-1802,etc

Post by jon_ystrad »

You can message the Prize Court project at the National Archives, they'll reply in a week/10 days quite comprehensively.
[email protected]

Also have a look at the Caird Library, I'm not sure what they've got
https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/caird-library
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