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Captured ship: Jonge Sara (master Maerte Mack). History: a Dutch ship (130 tons,...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/122/11

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Reference
HCA 32/122/11
Date
1745
Description

Captured ship: Jonge Sara (master Maerte Mack).

History: a Dutch ship (130 tons, 7 men), bound from Rotterdam to Cork, laden with wheat, paper, iron, brimstone and 202,000 needles; taken on 14/25 March 1745 off Orford Ness by the French privateer Bacquencourt (Jean Baptist Caillot commanding), retaken on 19 March 1745 off Dunkirk by HMS Granada (William Thomas commanding) and brought into the River Thames.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/90, fos 129-130, 177]
  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6-CP 11]: attestations, affidavits and claims given by and on behalf of merchants in Rotterdam and London (Quakers);
  • [CP 12]: allegation;
  • [CP 13]: decree of 4 OCtober 1745 that no salvage is payable in this case, with note of a possible appeal;
  • [CP 14-CP 18]: attestation as to papers, abstracts and translations of the 25 ship's papers (all restored), docket.

[Decision: restored 4 October 1745]

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513206/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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