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Captured ship: Adventure of Bideford (master Thomas Kellen of Youghal, Ireland)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1850/5

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This record is about the Captured ship: Adventure of Bideford (master Thomas Kellen of Youghal, Ireland).... dating from 1690 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1850/5
Date
1690
Description

Captured ship: Adventure of Bideford (master Thomas Kellen of Youghal, Ireland).

History: an English ship (60 tons), bound from Port Royal, Jamaica to Bristol, laden with sugar, logwood, fustic, cotton, pimento and leaf tobacco; taken on 3/13 July 1690 about 300 leagues west of Scilly by a French privateer of St Malo, retaken on 9/19 July 1690, about 80 leagues west of Scilly by HMS Montague (Thomas Leighton commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1]: 2 examinations of Kellen and his pilot (left on the Adventure by the French captors) ;
  • [CP 2] claim;
  • [CP 3-CP 5]: commission of appraisement, 2 inventories.
[Decision: restored, paying salvage, 14 August 1690]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/13; HCA 32/15; HCA 32/33
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17513995/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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