Piece
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.
Item
V5919. Captured ship: De Vigilantie (master Gijsbert Moelaert). History: a Dutch...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1214/5919
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This record is about the V5919. Captured ship: De Vigilantie (master Gijsbert Moelaert). History: a Dutch... dating from 1803 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 32/1214/5919
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803
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Description (What the record is about)
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V5919.
Captured ship: De Vigilantie (master Gijsbert Moelaert).
History: a Dutch merchant ship (180 tons, 39 men) , bound from Surinam to Flushing; taken on 30 June 1803 in latitude 43°38'N, longitude 30°W by the privateer Lancaster of Liverpool (John Pettigrew commanding), and brought into Liverpool.
Documents: Court Papers, Ships Papers numbered 1-23. In 2023, 28 letters (mail-in-transit) from Surinam to the Netherlands were added here from HCA 32/922 and HCA 32/927, where they had been intermingled with mail (letters sent from Saint Domingue to Bordeaux) from another ship (L'Union of Bordeaux, taken on 3 July 1803 by the same captor)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Series information
HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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Within the series: HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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Within the piece: HCA 32/1214
Ships names beginning with this letter: V. Nos. 5919 - 5936.
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V5919. Captured ship: De Vigilantie (master Gijsbert Moelaert). History: a Dutch...
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