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Captured ship: Constantia , Torres Toft, master. History: Danish merchant ship bound...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/176G
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- HCA 32/176G
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1757
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Captured ship: Constantia, Torres Toft, master.
History: Danish merchant ship bound from St Eustatius to Rotterdam laden with sugar, coffee and cotton, captured on 19 March 1758 in Hastings Road by the Fox privateer (Richard Harman, commanding) and taken into Portsmouth.
Documents:
- 1) Torres Toft's log of Constantia, from 1753 to 25 March 1758 (mentions capture at Hastings, 19 March 1758). In Danish or Norwegian. Marked No. 166.
- 2) Mail-in-transit, Nos. 1 to 164 (some gaps).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- HCA 32/176 part 6; HCA 30/265, HCA 30/688
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- Open Document, Open Description
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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