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Captured ship: Cicilia otherwise Cecilia or Cecile (master Boy or Boij Swensen)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/100/20

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This record is about the Captured ship: Cicilia otherwise Cecilia or Cecile (master Boy or Boij Swensen).... dating from 1748 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/100/20
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: Cicilia otherwise Cecilia or Cecile (master Boy or Boij Swensen).

History: a Danish merchant ship (10 men, 2 boys and 2 Dutch seamen passengers), bound from Cette and Cadiz to Hamburg, laden with wine and olives; having had cargo removed by three English privateers off Cape St Vincent and Beachy Head on the way, was taken on 9/20 April 1748 off the North Foreland by the privateer Chesterfield (Samuel GIlbee commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 7-CP 8]: affidavit and translation in support of the claim;
  • [CP 9-CP 11]: attestation as to papers, and two abstracts and translation of the 22 ship's papers [which were restored].

[Decision: restored as neutral, 14 May 1748]

Note
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
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512579/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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