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Captured ship: Den Fliegende Ram (master Pieter Kiergaald). History: a Danish ship...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/111/9

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This record is about the Captured ship: Den Fliegende Ram (master Pieter Kiergaald). History: a Danish ship... 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 32/111/9
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: Den Fliegende Ram (master Pieter Kiergaald).

History: a Danish ship (80 tons, 9 men 2 boys), bound from St Martin to Bergen, laden with salt and brandy; taken on 28 April 1748 leaving St Martin by the privateer Tartar (Thomas Spicer commanding), and brought into Dover.

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6-CP 7]: claim of the master, attestation;
  • [CP 9-CP 12]: attestation as to papers, abstracts and translation of the eighteen ships' papers originally in Danish and French, affidavit of the Danish translator;

[Decision: restored, 28 October 1748]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/111/1/9
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512868/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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