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Captured ship: Santa Anna of Marseilles (master unknown). History: a French merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1853/2

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HCA 32/1853/2
Date
1696
Description

Captured ship: Santa Anna of Marseilles (master unknown).

History: a French merchant ship (30 or 40 tons, 'several Turkish passengers'), bound from Marseille to Rhodes, laden with 800 chequins [sequins] of gold, 2 chests of steel; taken during September or October 1696, in the Bay of Ephesus by the privateers Trumball Galley (Henry Duffield commanding) and Cloudesley Galley (George Mathews commanding), and brought into Scio, where the Bashar ordered the goods restored and the ship eventually sank due to it being 'very old and leaky'.

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1]: attestation of Henry Duffield.

[Decision: condemned, 14 April 1698]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/15
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17726109/

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