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Captured ship: St Joseph and St Antonio or S Jose y S Antonio y Anima (master Felipe...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/119/13

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This record is about the Captured ship: St Joseph and St Antonio or S Jose y S Antonio y Anima (master Felipe... dating from 1743 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/119/13
Date
1743
Description

Captured ship: St Joseph and St Antonio or S Jose y S Antonio y Anima (master Felipe de Castro, Philip de Castro or Phillipe De Crasto).

History: a Portuguese merchant ship (schooner, 90 tons, 6 swivel guns, 10 or 11 men), bound from Madeira to Tenerife, to the Western Islands [Azores] and back to Madeira, laden with bale goods and pilchards; taken on 25 June/6 July 1743 by HMS Monmouth (Charles Windham commanding) on suspicion of carrying Spanish goods, and brought into Madeira.

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 3]: release;
  • [CP 4]: allegation;
  • [CP 5-CP 8]: attestation as to papers, and translations of the 83 ship's papers and mail [which apparently were restored].

[Decision: condemned as prize, 1 March 1744]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/2
Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f104v

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513136/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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