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Captured ship: Elizabeth Catherina (master Arend Cornelisen). History: a Swedish...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/108/10
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- HCA 32/108/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Elizabeth Catherina (master Arend Cornelisen).
History: a Swedish merchant ship, bound [north-about] from Cette to Le Havre, laden with wine; taken in [April] 1747 by the privateer Cumberland (Henry Cooper commanding), and brought into Dover.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1]: attestation and claim of the master, May 1747;
- [CP 2]: attestation as to the perishing nature of the cargo, by bad weather on the coast of Norway and the long voyage;
- [CP 3]: articles of agreement of the captain and crew of the privateerCumberland , with seals; brought into court, May 1747;
- [CP 4-CP 7]: commission of appraisement and sale, account of costs and sale, covering letter and docket.
[Decision: condemned as prize, 20 June 1747]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Part added from HCA 32/187
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See the appeal papers at HCA 42/27/16
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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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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