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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Prince of Orange (master Matthys Hanszen)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/429/1

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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Prince of Orange (master Matthys Hanszen).... dating from 1781 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/429/1
Date
1781
Description

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Prince of Orange (master Matthys Hanszen).

History: a Dutch merchant ship (100 lasts, 2 guns, 18 men), bound from St Eustatius to Amsterdam, laden with tobacco, sugar, cotton, coffee; taken on 3 February 1781 in the road of St Eustatius by HMS Sandwich (Walker Young commanding), one of a fleet of ships under command of Admiral Rodney and brought into Cove [Cobh], Ireland, and then into Portsmouth, and then into the River Thames.

Court papers: 1-21;195; Ship's papers: 22-194. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/429/1/1-195
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507379/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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