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Captured ship: Anna Maria of Amsterdam (master Peter Cock or Cosk). History: a Dutch...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1853/5

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This record is about the Captured ship: Anna Maria of Amsterdam (master Peter Cock or Cosk). History: a Dutch... dating from 1693 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/1853/5
Date
1693
Description

Captured ship: Anna Maria of Amsterdam (master Peter Cock or Cosk).

History: a Dutch [West India Company] merchant ship (130 lasts), bound from Surinam to Amsterdam, laden with sugar, copper, elephants' teeth [ivory], lime juice and wood; taken on 23 November / 4 December 1693 by the French privateer Maupertius of St Malo (Pierre or Louis Trauchant commanding), retaken on 29 November / 9 December 1693 off the Scilly Isles by HMS Weymouth (John Clements commanding), and brought into the Downs.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]: interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit, docket;
  • [CP 5]: claim of the Dutch West India Company;
  • [CP 6]: allegation;
  • [CP 7]: order in council;
  • [CP 8-CP 11]: four sets of accounts relating to salvage and costs incurred in the cause.

[Decision: restored, 11 January 1694]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/15, HCA 32/21, HCaA32/33
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17726112/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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