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Captured ship: St François of Nieuport (master Jacobus Wyllaert). History: a Flemish...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/44

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This record is about the Captured ship: St François of Nieuport (master Jacobus Wyllaert). History: a Flemish... dating from 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 32/112/44
Date
1746
Description

Captured ship: St François of Nieuport (master Jacobus Wyllaert).

History: a Flemish fishing boat (herring sloop) owned by the former British consul at Nieuport (20 tons, 0 guns, 7 men and 2 boys), bound from Nieuport to the Flemish coast, laden with 2 lasts of herrings; taken on 15/26 October 1746 between Dunkirk and Nieuport by HMS Shark sloop (Christopher Middleton commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 3 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 3.

Note: see St Antoine de Padua(master Michel Soutenaye) for valuation jointly with that vessel.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 15 January 1747]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/112/2/11
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512951/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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