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Captured ship: Nuestra Señora del Pilar of Portugalete (commander Manuel del Casal...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/135/12

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This record is about the Captured ship: Nuestra Señora del Pilar of Portugalete (commander Manuel del Casal... dating from 1742 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/135/12
Date
1742
Description

Captured ship: Nuestra Señora del Pilar of Portugalete (commander Manuel del Casal or del Casar).

History: a Spanish privateer (80 tons, 16 guns, 81 men), bound from Portugalete on a cruise; taken on 30 April / 11 May 1742 50 leagues west of Ushant by HMS Hound (Joseph Cooper commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7]: translation of the privateering commission.

Ship's Papers numbered SP B-SP C (SP A is not here).

[Decision: condemned as prize, 22 June 1742]

Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f172

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Spanish
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513518/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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