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Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Hooper (master William Knapp). History: an...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/357/3
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Hooper (master William Knapp). History: an... dating from 1778 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. 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 32/357/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Hooper (master William Knapp).
History: an American merchant ship (brig), bound from [Virginia to Bilbao, laden with tobacco]; taken on 11 January 1778 (the crew having abandoned the ship) about three miles off Mount Saint Antonia [Santoña] on the Spanish coast by the privateer Active (Peter Agnew commanding), and brought into Guernsey.
Court papers CP 1-CP 3, including an abstract of papers; SP 1-18, including several papers of John Knowlton the mate including at SP 5-SP 6, two letters to his mother, at SP 14 a log with several drawings of different versions of the American flag, a patriotic song and some explicit sexual imagery, and at SP 15 another log or journal; and letters of various dates. [Logs SP 14-SP 16 added from HCA 30/715 in 2021].
Court papers: 1-3; Ship's papers: 1-18. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HCA 32/357/3/1-20
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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)
- Miscellaneous
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13506209/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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