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Captured ship: Zwarte Arend of Flushing (Vlissingen), otherwise Black Eagle , or...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/1056
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This record is about the Captured ship: Zwarte Arend of Flushing (Vlissingen), otherwise Black Eagle , or... dating from 1664-1665 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1664-1665
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Captured ship: Zwarte Arend of Flushing (Vlissingen), otherwise Black Eagle, or Black Spread Eagle, Aigle Noir (master Simon Cornelissen Hurssels)
History: a Dutch merchant ship (250 tons, 13 guns), bound from St Kitts (left in February 1665) first to La Rochelle and then north-about Scotland to Vlissingen, laden with sugar, indigo and cotton; taken in fight on 4 May 1665 off the Vlie (or the Vlie Gat, between Vlieland and Terschelling) by HMS Bredah (Robert Kirby commanding), and first brought into the Gunfleet and afterwards (after 18 May) into Harwich. Examinations taken aboard HMS Swiftsure, 20 May 1665.
See also Calendar of State Papers 1664-1665, pp 365, 370, 443.
Documents:-
Court Papers: HCA 32/10/194
Ship's Papers: ship's papers and mail in transit, 298 documents now arranged in 11 folders.
Folder 1 (1/1-1/13): Master's papers and personal archive
Folder 2 (2/1-2/105): Bills of lading
Folder 3 (3/1): Cargo book
Folder 4 (4/1-4/21): Owner's and master's accounts; receipts
Folder 5 (5/1-5/3): Merchant accounts, invoices.
Folder 6 (6/1-6/46): Mail from St Kitts, letters by sender (surnames Bek-Jul)
Folder 7 (7/1-7/49): Mail from St Kitts, letters by sender (surnames Lis-Wev); supplement (surnames Ada-Tro)
Folder 8 (8/1-8/19): Mail from Guadeloupe, letters by sender (surnames Bra-Swa)
Folder 9 (9/1-9/33): Mail from St Maarten, St Eustatius and Tortola
Folder 10 (10/1-10/4): Letters from unknown locations
Folder 11 (11/1-11/4): Letters and papers concerning other ships:
Westersouburg [of Vlissingen], master Pieter Tant.
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High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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