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Captured ship: Phoenix of Middelburg, otherwise of Zealand (Cornelis Reers commanding)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/7/81

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This record is about the Captured ship: Phoenix of Middelburg, otherwise of Zealand (Cornelis Reers commanding).... 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 32/7/81

Date

1672

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Captured ship: Phoenix of Middelburg, otherwise of Zealand (Cornelis Reers commanding).

History: a Dutch privateer (18 guns, 86 men); taken on 7 December 1672 by HMS Gloucester (William Coleman commanding), and sent into Saltcombe, Devon, arriving 9 December. See Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1672-1673, 263 and SP 29/318, no 201.

Documents: 2 - privateering commission (issued by Willem III), 28 October 1672, with certificate (6 March 1673) that this commission was taken aboard Phoenix of Zealand on 7 December 1672.

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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