Piece
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Item
Captured ship: Nuestra Senora del Monte Carmelo of Callao, Peru (master Manuel de...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/134/6
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This record is about the Captured ship: Nuestra Senora del Monte Carmelo of Callao, Peru (master Manuel de... dating from 1744 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/134/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Nuestra Senora del Monte Carmelo of Callao, Peru (master Manuel de Zamora).
History: a Spanish merchant ship (400 tons, 48 men of whom 33 were 'Indians, Mestices [mestizos] or Negroes', 27 passengers), bound from Callao to Valparaiso, Chile, laden with cloth, European goods, tobacco, sugar, indigo and silver; taken on 12/23 September 1741 between the island of Juan Fernandez and Valparaiso by HMS Centurion (George Anson commanding), condemned at sea under a special commission issued to Commodore Anson's expedition, and brought into the Island of Juan Fernandez.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 3]: three examinations;
- [CP 4-CP 5]: allegation on behalf of HMS Tryal and HMS Gloucester who had aided in repairing and manning the Centurion thus enabling the chase and capture of the Nuestra Senora del Monte Carmelo, and additional interrogatories to be conducted on behalf of the same;
- [CP 6-CP 7]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 16 ship's papers.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 17.
[Decision: condemned as prize by the court, 2 August 1744]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information from HCA 30/775/2
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Spanish
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513503/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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