Piece
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Item
Captured ship: St John Baptist of Hamburg , master Mathias Peterson. History: a whaling...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/9/31
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This record is about the Captured ship: St John Baptist of Hamburg , master Mathias Peterson. History: a whaling... dating from 1672 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/9/31
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1672
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St John Baptist of Hamburg, master Mathias Peterson.
History: a whaling ship, bound from Greenland to Hamburg, laden with 900 casks of blubber, and the whalebone of 21 whales; taken on 8 August 1672 two leagues off Heligoland by the privateer Dover Castle ([Peter] Kenton commanding) and brought into North Shields.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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