Captured ship: Carlshavener Werff of Carlshaven [Karlshamn] (master Johann Holm)....

HCA 32/100/4

1748

Captured ship: Carlshavener Werff of Carlshaven [Karlshamn] (master Johann Holm).

History: a Swedish ship bound from Hamburg to Cadiz, Alicante and Marseilles, laden with linen, and other merchandise; taken on 24 December 1747/ 4 January 1748 by HMS Lys (Thomas Knowler commanding) and brought into the River Thames.

Documents:

Court Papers:

• [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/91, fos 89-91];
• [CP 1]: attestation and claim by the master, January 1748;
• [CP2]: attestation as to papers, January 1748;
• [CP 3]: abstract and translation, January 1748, of the 255 ship's papers [these papers were restored];
  • 1-193: bills of lading, individually described;
  • 194-250: described together as depositions and certificates concerning the lading in High and Low Dutch, Latin, Italian etc which were all translated into English (before the voyage) at Hamburg by Johann Adam Walther notary public;
  • A-E: ship's papers, including the manifest at A.
• [CP 4]: Determination of six Doctors' Commons advocates, July 1748: the depositions and certificates found on board are insufficient as proof of neutrality; further affidavits to be made before 24 October;
• [CP 5- CP 64]: attestations, affidavits and translations taken and sealed by the ruling authorities, in August and September 1748, and brought into court 24 October 1748; each then endorsed with the court number of the bill of lading to which they relate, as listed in CP 3:-
  • CP 5: Berlin, for bills 1-3, 65-68, 152;
  • CP 6: Hirschberg in Silesia, for bills 5-6, 11-12;
  • CP 7: Altona, for bills 7-10;
  • CP 8: [Bavaria], for bills 13, 28-29;
  • CP 9: Hamburg, for bills 14, 80;
  • CP 10: Hirschberg in Silesia, for bills 16-17;
  • CP 11: Landeshut in Prussia, for bill 19, endorsed with note of 67 attestations delivered into court 24 October 1748;
  • CP 12: Lower Austria, for bill 21;
  • CP 13: Hamburg, for bills 22, 175;
  • CP 14: Hamburg,for bill 31;
  • CP 15: Hamburg, for bills 35, 104-105;
  • CP 16: Bremen, for bill 38;
  • CP 17: Hamburg, for bill 40;
  • CP 18: Hamburg, for bill 41;
  • CP 19: Hirschberg in Silesia, for bills 43, 173-174;
  • CP 20: Altona, for bill 47;
  • CP 21: Hamburg, for bills 49-50;
  • CP 22: Hirschberg in Silesia, for bill 52;
  • CP 23: Hamburg, for bills 53, 158;
  • CP 24: Hamburg, for bills 55, 114-117;
  • CP 25: Hamburg, for bills 57-59, 95-96;
  • CP 26: Hamburg, for bill 61;
  • CP 27: Bremen, for bill 68;
  • CP 28: Hirschberg in Silesia, for bill 70;
  • CP 29: Bremen, for bills 71-76, 136, 142-143, 145-149;
  • CP 30: Elberfeld, for bills 78, 134, 140-141;
  • CP 31: Lubeck,for bill 83;
  • CP 32: Amsterdam, for bill 84;
  • CP 33: Schmiedeberg in Sielsia, for bills 88, 124-127;
  • CP 34: Bremen, for bill 89;
  • CP 35: Bremen, for bill 90;
  • CP 36: Bremen, for bill 91;
  • CP 37: Bremen, for bill 93;
  • CP 38: Amsterdam, for bill 96;
  • CP 39: Hamburg, for bill 98;
  • CP 40: Hamburg, for bill 100:
  • CP 41: Leipzig, for bill 102;
  • CP 42: Leipzig, for bills 107-110;
  • CP 43: Bremen, for bill 121;
  • CP 44: Bremen, for bill 123;
  • CP 45: Altona, for bills 135, 144;
  • CP 46: Amsterdam for bills 137, 150;
  • CP 47: Zittau, for bill 138;
  • CP 48: Amsterdam, for bill 139;
  • CP 49: Hamburg, for bill 154;
  • CP 50: Hamburg, for bill 156;
  • CP 51: Hamburg, for bills 161, 191;
  • CP 52: Bremen, for bill 162;
  • CP 53: Hamburg, for bill 163;
  • CP 54: Hamburg, for bill 168;
  • CP 55: Hamburg, for bill 169;
  • CP 56: Bern, also for bill 169;
  • CP 57: Hamburg, for bill 171;
  • CP 58: Frankfurt, for bill 172;
  • CP 59: Hamburg, for bill 177;
  • CP 60: Hamburg, for bill 181;
  • CP 61: Hamburg, for bill 183;
  • CP 62: Hamburg, for bills 186-189;
  • CP 63: St Gallen, for bill 192;
  • CP 64: Hirschberg in Silesia, for bill 198.
• [CP 65]: attestation relating to bills of lading 16 and 17 (Leipzig and Lisbon), November 1748;
• [CP 66]: attestation and translation relating to bills of lading 33, 118 and 120 (Bremen), November 1748
• [CP 67]: adjudication of six Doctors' Commons advocates, November 1748;

Decision: ship restored as neutral, 25 November 1748; cargo restored 16 July 1748]

Extra information from HCA 30/775/4

Public Record(s)

Miscellaneous

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