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Captured ship: St Anna of Hamburg (master Abraham Pettersen or Pieterson). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/97/24

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Anna of Hamburg (master Abraham Pettersen or Pieterson). History:... dating from 1747 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/97/24
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: St Anna of Hamburg (master Abraham Pettersen or Pieterson).

History: a Hamburg ship, bound from Bordeaux to Hamburg, laden with wine, brandy, sugar, coffee, oil of turpentine, cork, paper, indigo and other goods; taken on 31 July / 11 August 1747 by the privateer George (William Freebairn commanding) and brought into the Downs.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/91, fos 75-78]
  • [CP 1-CP 7]: standing interrogatories, 5 examinations taken at Deal, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation and claim of the master;
  • [CP 10]: allegation;
  • [CP 11-CP 15]: attestations and translations from Hamburg;
  • [CP 16]: schedules of goods proved neutral to be restored, and of goods condemned.
  • [CP 17]: attestation as to papers;
  • [CP 18]: abstract and translation of Dutch and High German ship's papers and books numbered 1-52 (bills of lading), and 78-84, 86-103, 105-106, 108-120;
  • [CP 19]: abstract and translation of French ship's papers numbered 53-77, 85, 104, and 107 [originally 120 papers total].

Ship's Papers: originally 120 ship's papers, which were all restored except 9 papers:- SP 10, SP 46, SP 77, SP 78, SP 79, SP 84, SP 90, SP 107 and SP 118.

[Decision: ship and part [most] of the cargo restored as neutral, rest of the cargo condemned as prize, 3 November 1747]

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Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512486/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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