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Captured ship: Jesus Nazareno of Panama (master Antonio Navarro or Nabarro). History:...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/118/27

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HCA 32/118/27
Date
1741
Description

Captured ship: Jesus Nazareno of Panama (master Antonio Navarro or Nabarro).

History: a Spanish merchant ship (barque, 40 tons, 7 mariners, one pilot, one negro and 7 passengers), bound from Panama city to Pueblo Nuevo and Chiriqui, in Panama, laden with salt, oakum, pitch, tar, brandy and other goods (specified, including '1 New Negro' [an enslaved person from Africa]); taken on 21 December 1741 near the island of Coiba at 7º10'N [in the Pacific Ocean] by HMS Centurion (George Anson commanding), and destroyed.

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: two examinations taken on board the Centurion, December 1741 each including the commissioners' affidavit, brought into court June 1744;
  • [CP 3]: allegation;
  • [CP 4]: wrapper;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 2 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 3 (3 a sheet found inside 2).

Decision: condemned as prize, 2 August 1744

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/118/2/12
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Spanish
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513101/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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