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: Friedrich der Zweite König von Preussen or Fredericus de Secunde or...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/112/50A
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This record is about the Captured ship: Friedrich der Zweite König von Preussen or Fredericus de Secunde or... dating from 1748 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)
- HCA 32/112/50A
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1748
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Friedrich der Zweite König von Preussen or Fredericus de Secunde or Fredericus de Tweede (master Christian Schultz).
History: a Prussian merchant ship (72 tons, 6 men and a boy), bound from Bordeaux to Königsberg, laden with wine, brandy, vinegar, sugar, treacle and Hungary Water; taken on 24 March / 4 April 1748 four leagues off Beachy Head by the privateers Duke of Dorset (John Hunt commanding) and Endeavour (Robert Crouscuall commanding), and brought into Dover.
Documents:-
Court Papers:
- [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
- [CP 6]: attestation and claim of the master;
- [CP 7-CP 16]: 5 sets of attestations, affidavits and translations taken and sealed by the ruling authorities of Königsberg, Elbing and Danzig, between 17 April 1748 and 10 June 1748, and brought into court in July 1748;
- [CP 17-CP 18]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 18 ship's papers [these papers were restored].
[Decision: restored as neutral, 7 July 1748]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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)
- HCA 32/112/2/17
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English, French, German and Latin
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16814684/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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