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Catalogue reference: HCA 32/135/10

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This record is about the > 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 32/135/10
Title
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Date
1743
Description

Captured ship: Nuestra Señora de Oliveira of La Orotava (master Antonio Garrett).

History: a Portuguese ship, bound from Tenerife to Baiona [Bayonne], laden with wine; taken on 22 July 1743 between Caminha and Vigo by HMS Anglesea (John Brett commanding) and HMS Fly sloop (Thomas Williams commanding), and brought into Lisbon. The vessel had false papers and the real ship's papers were thrown overboard before capture.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: examination of three sailors conducted at Lisbon, translation;
  • [CP 3]: allegation.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 6 October 1743]

Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f175

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Portuguese
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513516/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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