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Captured ship: Nuestra Senora de la Guia y San Antonio de Padua of San Sebastian...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/136/11

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This record is about the Captured ship: Nuestra Senora de la Guia y San Antonio de Padua of San Sebastian... dating from 1746 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/136/11
Date
1746
Description

Captured ship: Nuestra Senora de la Guia y San Antonio de Padua of San Sebastian (master Joseph Nietto).

History: a Spanish merchant ship (50 tons, 6 men, formerly an English prize called William), bound from Ribadesella to Vigo, laden with corn; taken on 15/26 July 1746 in latitude 34°N by the privateer Dragon (Thomas Elworthy commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, one examination, commissioners' affidavit, taken at Plymouth, brought into court, 2 August 1746;
  • [CP 4-CP 6]: standing interrogatories, one examination, commissioners' affidavit, taken at Plymouth, brought into court, 4 September 1746;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8]: translation of the 2 ship's papers (SP A and SP B), brought into court, 2 August 1746;
  • [CP 9]: attestation as to papers 21 of the ship's papers, brought into court, 5 August 1746.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 21, SP A-SP B.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 4 September 1746]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English, French and Spanish
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513529/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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