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: Graaf Danneskiold of Altona formerly the Hamburg Packet (master and...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/114/10A
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This record is about the Captured ship: Graaf Danneskiold of Altona formerly the Hamburg Packet (master and... 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HCA 32/114/10A
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Date (When the record was created)
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1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Graaf Danneskiold of Altona formerly the Hamburg Packet (master and owner Jurgen Stockflesh aged 29) [second capture].
History: a Danish merchant ship (New England built at Boston, 200 pipes or 100 tons, guns, 7 men), bound from Tenerife to Hamburg, laden with Canary wine and Spanish dollars (the dollars, property of two Hamburg merchants, being unladen at Dartmouth); taken on 16/27 April 1747 by the privateer Swift (William Johnson commanding), and brought into the Downs.
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 6]: standing interrogatories, four examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 7-CP 9]: three attestations and claims of the master;
- [CP 10]: attestation as to the perishing nature of the cargo;
- [CP 11-CP 12]: commission of appraisement and sale, and detailed sale account of the Canary wine;
- [CP 13-CP 14]: attestation as to papers, and detailed abstracts and translations of the 41 ship's papers, including a letter to the master from his father adivsing him how to conduct the Canary trade [these papers were restored in May 1748].
[Decision: restored as neutral, 17 May 1748]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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HCA 32/103/33
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Public Record(s)
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Miscellaneous
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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