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Captured ship: Brigitta Catherina otherwise Brigitta Catrina (master Joen Andersen...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/99/25
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- HCA 32/99/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1748
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Brigitta Catherina otherwise Brigitta Catrina (master Joen Andersen otherwise Jon Andersen Naskil).
History: a Danish merchant ship (with crew of 7 Norwegian men) bound from Arendal to St Martin, laden with balks, timber and deals; taken on 25 April/6 May 1748 off Gravelines by HMS Winchelsea (Henry Dyve commanding), and brought into Dover.
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Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations taken at Deal, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 6]: claim;
- [CP 7]: allegation;
- [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 14 ship's papers [of which 9 were restored].
Ship's papers, now numbered SP 1-SP 3, SP 5 and SP 10.
[Decision: cargo condemned, ship restored as neutral 28 June 1748]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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- 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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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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Captured ship: Brigitta Catherina otherwise Brigitta Catrina (master Joen Andersen...