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Captured ship: La Pluma of Cadiz (commander formerly Phelix Romero, otherwise Felix...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/144/15

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This record is about the Captured ship: La Pluma of Cadiz (commander formerly Phelix Romero, otherwise Felix... 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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Reference
HCA 32/144/15
Date
1743
Description

Captured ship: La Pluma of Cadiz (commander formerly Phelix Romero, otherwise Felix Remoro and lately Joseph Casellas).

History: a Spanish privateer (50 tons, 14 guns, 52 men), bound from Cadiz on a cruise; taken 5/11 January 1744 between Viana and Caminho on the coast of Portugal by HMS Saphire (Charles Holmes commanding), and brought into Lisbon.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: commissioners' affidavit, four examinations taken at Lisbon, docket;
  • [CP 3]: allegation;
  • [CP 4]: translation of the letter of marque.

Ships Paper numbered SP 1, a letter of marque.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 10 April 1743]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/2
Related material

See also IND 1/9022, f200

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14513728/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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