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Captured ship: De Vrouw Gertruyda of Amsterdam (master Douwe Hendriksz) formerly...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/157/18

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Reference
HCA 32/157/18
Date
1747
Description

Captured ship: De Vrouw Gertruyda of Amsterdam (master Douwe Hendriksz) formerly De Compas.

History: a Dutch ship (50 lasts, 5 men and a boy), bound from Oleron to Dunkirk, laden with brandy; taken on 11/22 March 1747 off Gravelines by the privateer Fortune (Gilbert Chain commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6-CP 8]: attestation and claim, translation of a ship's pass;
  • [CP 9]: attestation by the cargo's owners in Amsterdam, with translation;
  • [CP 10]: allegation;
  • [CP 11-CP 13]: attestation as to papers, and two sets of abstracts and translations of the 26 ship's papers (some of these were restored).

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 12, SP 17, SP 25; bills of lading, ship's pass, cargo manifest.

[Decision: cargo condemned, ship restored, 29 June 1747; appealed]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/157/20
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch, English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14514060/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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