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Captured ship: Bregitta Antonia otherwise Brigida Antonia (master Gerrit Souq or...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/99/24

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HCA 32/99/24
Date
1744
Description

Captured ship: Bregitta Antonia otherwise Brigida Antonia (master Gerrit Souq or Zouw).

History: a Dutch merchant ship bound from Amsterdam to Genoa, laden with wheat, mats, butter, tobacco etc; taken on 3 August 1744 off the coast of Galicia by the Spanish privateer Nuestra Senora de la Portaria, and the same day retaken by the privateer Surprize (Joseph Redmond commanding), and brought into Lisbon.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: three examinations taken at Lisbon, consul's affidavit;
  • [CP 2-CP 3]: claims;
  • [CP 4]: allegation;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: attestation and letter that the cargo of corn was beginning to heat;
  • [CP 7-CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the French and Italian ship's papers [which were restored];
  • [CP 10-CP 15]: attestation, 5 documents in support of the claims, each translated from Low Dutch.

[Decision: restored as a Dutch ally, 23 November 1744]

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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
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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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