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
Captured ship: Baltimore (master Jerningham Bigg otherwise Jeremiah Biggs). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/99/3
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/99/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1745
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Baltimore (master Jerningham Bigg otherwise Jeremiah Biggs).
History: an English merchant ship, [(300 tons), bound from Virginia to London, laden with tobacco]; taken [in fight on 2/13 June 1745 by the French privateers La Royale and La Duchesse de Penthievre of Dunkirk, and retaken in fight and driven on shore on 4 July 1745], by HMS Bridgewater (Lord George Graham commanding), HMS Sheerness (William Gordon commanding) and HMS Ursula (John Fergusson commanding), and brought into Ostend.
Documents:-
Court Papers: [CP 1] allegation; [CP 2] claim.
[Decision: restored paying 1/8 salvage, 5 September 1745]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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3 examinations are in HCA 13/90
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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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- Miscellaneous
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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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Captured ship: Baltimore (master Jerningham Bigg otherwise Jeremiah Biggs). History:...
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