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Captured ship: Graaf Danneskiold of Altona (master and owner Jurgen Stockflesh aged...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/114/10

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HCA 32/114/10

Date

1744

Description

Captured ship: Graaf Danneskiold of Altona (master and owner Jurgen Stockflesh aged 26) [first capture].

History: a Danish merchant ship (English built, 60 tons, 20 small guns in the hold for ballast, 8 men and 1 boy and an Irish passenger Edward Harrold), bound from Hamburg to Tenerife, laden with Silesia and Westphalia linen, pipe staves, Saxony wax, paint, etc; taken on 8/19 April 1744 about 8 Dutch miles southwest of Plymouth by HMS Captain (Thomas Griffin commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, one examination of the master taken at Plymouth, commissioners' affidavit, 24 April 1744;
  • [CP 4-CP 5]: attestation and claim of the master;
  • [CP 6-CP 9]: attestation and claim of Hamburg merchants, with two supporting documents in translation;
  • [CP 10-CP 13]: standing interrogatories, two examinations taken at Plymouth, commissioners' affidavit, 28 May 1744;
  • [CP 14-CP 18]: affidavit by the master, with two sets of attestations, affidavits and translations taken and sealed in Hamburg, brought into court on 13 June 1744;
  • [CP 19]: allegation, 2 August 1744;
  • [CP 20-CP 40]: affidavit by the master, with six sets of attestations, affidavits and translations taken and sealed in Hamburg, brought into court on 3 August 1744;
  • [CP 41-CP 42]: attestation by Edward Harrold, merchant of London and passenger of trade goods (felt hats etc) shipped by him from Hamburg for Tenerife under the name of William Pepper merchant of Hamburg to prevent them being seized by the Spanish; and a list of his personal goods seized from the ship;
  • [CP 43]: detailed translations of the 28 ship's papers and letters in transit marked A-R and 1-11 [these papers were restored on 14 August 1744 and 22 April 1746].

[Decision: part of the cargo condemned, the ship and the rest of the cargo restored as neutral, 6 August 1744. Inhibition of appeal at HCA 42/35/1]

Note

Extra information from HCA 30/775/2

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

HCA 32/103/33

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

Miscellaneous

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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