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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Belisarius (commander James...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/278/13
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Belisarius (commander James... dating from 1781 Aug 4 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 32/278/13
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Date (When the record was created)
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1781 Aug 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Belisarius (commander James Munro).
Capture history: an American warship of the Massachusetts State Navy (490 tons, 20 guns, 147 men) bound on a cruise; taken on 4 August 1781 off the Capes of Philadelphia by HMS Medea (Henry Duncan commanding), HMS Amphitrite (Robert Biggs commanding), and HMS Savage (Walter Sterling commanding), and the officers and crews of the privateers Virginia, Triumph, General Arnold, and Hibernia, and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: a cruise from the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 3]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Duncan and others v The privateer ship Belisarius, 14 August 1781;
- [CP 2]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master John Mears first lieutenant of HMS Medea, 15 August 1781;
- [CP 3]: deposition of James Munro of Rhode Island, 28 August 1781.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-2:-
- SP 1: printed privateer commission;
- SP 2: Congress's printed instuctions to privateers.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-3; Ship's papers: 4-6 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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HCA 32/280/22/1-8
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Public Record(s)
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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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