Captured ship: Adolph Frederic otherwise Adolf Frederick, Adolph Friederich, Prince...

Captured ship: Adolph Frederic otherwise Adolf Frederick, Adolph Friederich, Prince Adolph Frederick, Prince Royal Adolph Frederick (master Josias von Asperen or von Aspern).

History: a Swedish merchant ship (after several voyages in the Mediterranean including a voyage from Syria and Cyprus ending in capture in June 1747 by HMS Faversham, and condemnation of the cargo in the Vice-Admiralty court at Mahon), bound from Marseilles to Hamburg, laden with capers, almonds, soap, prunes, liquorice, raisins, essence of jasmine, kermes seed, anchovies, oil, oil of Aix, verdigris, jujubes, wine, sweetmeats, galls, saffron and mohair, on consignment from many German merchants; taken on 9 April 1748 by the privateers Sackville (Peter Wood commanding) and Duke William (Richard Gravener commanding), and brought into the Downs.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

• [CP 1-CP 6]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, attestation, commissioner's affidavit;
• [CP 7]: claim, May 1748;
• [CP 8-CP 9]: two notarised and translated abstracts of the 64 ship's papers, May 1748 : nos 1-51 were bills of lading in French and nos 51-64 were documents in Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Italian [the original papers were restored];
• [CP 10-CP 35]: 45 attestations (with seals) with translations, received from the authorities of Amsterdam, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Leipzig etc, about the owners of the cargo; brought into court on 27 June 1748. [Some of these have red numbers on the back, which go beyond 45.]

[Decision: restored as neutral, 27 June 1748]