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Captured ship: St Antonio snow (master Antonio Alvez). History: a Portuguese merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/97/34

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Reference
HCA 32/97/34
Date
1742
Description

Captured ship: St Antonio snow (master Antonio Alvez).

History: a Portuguese merchant ship (110 tons, 11 men) bound from Bilbao to Rotterdam, laden with sugar; seized by an English warship and taken into Scilly but released by the Governor, retaken on 1/12 May 1742 by HMS Scipio (James Brown commanding) and HMS Fly (Thomas Williams commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories, examinations, commissioners' affidavit [one document];
  • [CP 2]: a parchment wrapper (a re-used private deed).

[Decision; not brought to adjudication]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/2
Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f4v

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/C14512496/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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