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Captured ship: Elizabeth (master William Stevens). History: an English merchant ship...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/108/6

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HCA 32/108/6
Date
1746
Description

Captured ship: Elizabeth (master William Stevens).

History: an English merchant ship (40 tons, 4 men, 1 passenger), bound from Campvere [Veere, Netherlands] to Peel, Isle of Man, laden with wine, tobacco stalks, oilskins, tea and a china tea service, and provisions [for the voyage] but with no flag, no watch glasses [sand-glasses used to measure watch times] and no idea where to find the Isle of Man; seized on 25 December 1746/ 5 January 1747 between Dunkirk and the North Foreland, on suspicion of smuggling by HMS Shark (Christopher Middleton commanding) and the privateer York (James Gravener 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 taken in Veere, brought into court in April 1747;
  • [CP 9]: allegation (asserting that the ship was French);
  • [CP 10- CP 11]: translations of 2 of the 6 ship's papers, with attestation as to papers numbered 1-5.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 6, in English and Dutch.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 26 June 1747]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
part previously HCA 32/110/7
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512792/

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HCA 32

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