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Captured ship: Die Vier Gebroeders or Les Quatre Frères of Harlingen (master Sjuke...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/157/7

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This record is about the Captured ship: Die Vier Gebroeders or Les Quatre Frères of Harlingen (master Sjuke... 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 32/157/7
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: Die Vier Gebroeders or Les Quatre Frères of Harlingen (master Sjuke Pytters otherwise Sieckes Pytters, Seekes Pytters, Sjuke Pijters, Sjuke Pieter, Seekes Pieter).

History: a Dutch merchant ship (36 lasts, 5 men), bound from Bordeaux to Dunkirk, laden with wine, rosin and cork; taken on 25 July / 5 August 1747 off Beachy Head by the privateer Royal Oak (John Earle commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: attestation and claim;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 6 ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 13, bills of lading, cargo list, ship's pass .

[Decision: cargo condemned, ship restored, 15 September 1747]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Part added from HCA 32/147/24
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Danish, English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14514049/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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