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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Wandrende Jacob previously Fredrica Dorothea...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/488/5

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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Wandrende Jacob previously Fredrica Dorothea... 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 32/488/5
Date
1781
Description

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Wandrende Jacob previously Fredrica Dorothea von Hausborg (master Pietter Holm).

History: a Danish merchant ship (galliot, 80 tons, 6 men), bound from Morlaix to Cadiz, laden with linen; taken on 30 April 1781 about 2 Dutch miles from Cape St Vincent and 40 leagues from Cadiz, by the privateers Phoenix (Philip Staunton commanding) and Royal Charlotte (George French commanding), and brought first into Madeira, and then into Exmouth.

Court papers: 1-84.

[These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/488/5/1-84
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13508240/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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