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Captured ship: Providentia of Danzig (master Jacob Roehil otherwise Roell or Rohl)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/143/29

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This record is about the Captured ship: Providentia of Danzig (master Jacob Roehil otherwise Roell or Rohl).... dating from 1747 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 32/143/29
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: Providentia of Danzig (master Jacob Roehil otherwise Roell or Rohl).

History: a Danzig ship (150 tons, 13 men), bound from Nantes to Hamburg, laden with sugar and indigo; taken on 7/18 October 1747 near Ushant by the privateer Dreadnought (Richard Veal commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: attestation and claim of the master, brought into court 31 October 1747;
  • [CP 7]: attestation on behalf of eleven people issed by the ruling authorities of Hamburg, brought into court 12 November 1747;
  • [CP 8-CP 19]: 12 sets of attestations, affidavits and translations taken and sealed by the ruling authorities of Hamburg, and brought into court in 12 March 1748;
  • [CP 20-CP 21]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 21 ship's papers [all restored].

[Decision: restored, 14 April 1748]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513710/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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