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Captured ship: Emanuel (master Conradt Frese). History: a Bremen merchant ship (30...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/109/6

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This record is about the Captured ship: Emanuel (master Conradt Frese). History: a Bremen merchant ship (30... dating from 1745 - 1746 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/109/6
Date
1745 - 1746
Description

Captured ship: Emanuel (master Conradt Frese).

History: a Bremen merchant ship (30 lasts) bound from Bremen to Limerick, laden with pipe staves and clapboards; taken on 18 June 1745 by three French privateers, retaken on 4 July by HMS Bridgwater (Lord George Graham commanding) , HMS Sheerness (William Gordon commanding) and HMS Ursula (John Fergusson commanding), and brought first into Ostend, and then into London.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: attestation and claim of the master;
  • [CP 2]: protest;
  • [CP 3-CP 4]: commission of appraisement, and inventory;
  • [CP 5]: allegation;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: English letter from Bremen, and attestation;
  • [CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 5 ship's papers [these papers were restored].

[Decision: restored as neutral, 24 January 1746]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/1 and HCA 30/775/4
Related material

See the 4 examinations in HCA 13/90

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/C14512830/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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