Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we’re still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Captured ship: St Elmo otherwise Nuestra Senora de Candelaria y las Animas otherwise...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/109/9A

What’s it about?

This record is about the Captured ship: St Elmo otherwise Nuestra Senora de Candelaria y las Animas otherwise... dating from 1748 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

No, this record is not available online. However, you can order a copy. Other ways to view it.

Can I see it in person?

Yes, this record is held at The National Archives and is available to see in person. How to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
HCA 32/109/9A
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: St Elmo otherwise Nuestra Senora de Candelaria y las Animas otherwise El Dragon of Tenerife, formerly the English Mary (commander Don Pasqual de Sossa).

History: a Spanish privateer (130 tons, 10 carriage guns, 8 swivel guns, 102 men), bound from Tenerife on a cruise; taken on 6 April 1748 off Madeira by HMS Chesterfield (O'Brien Dudley commanding), and brought into Funchal.

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: interrogatories, three examinations taken at Madeira, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 2]: allegation;
  • [CP 3]: abstract and translation of the 3 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, numbered SP 1-SP 3.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 21 November 1748]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/138/1
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512834/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

110,019 records

Within the department: HCA

Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts

37,272 records

Within the series: HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

19 records

Within the piece: HCA 32/109

Ships captured as prizes, with names beginning E. (Described at item level)

You are currently looking at the item: HCA 32/109/9A

Captured ship: St Elmo otherwise Nuestra Senora de Candelaria y las Animas otherwise...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.