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Captured ship: Anna Ursula otherwise Juffrouw Anna Nora of Elbing (master Jacob Verschryosk...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1853/6

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This record is about the Captured ship: Anna Ursula otherwise Juffrouw Anna Nora of Elbing (master Jacob Verschryosk... dating from 1694 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 32/1853/6
Date
1694
Description

Captured ship: Anna Ursula otherwise Juffrouw Anna Nora of Elbing (master Jacob Verschryosk or Verskriek).

History: a Polish or Brandenburg merchant ship (a buss, 45 lasts), bound from Emden to Ostend, laden with wheat, rye, hams; taken on 28 April / 7 May 1694, off Texel by HMS Essex (William Wright commanding) and HMS Edgar (Andrew Pedder commanding), and brought into the River Thames.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: interrogatories, [for examinations see HCA 13/81 fo.113];
  • [CP 2-CP 3]: two claims by the cargo owners in Netherlands and the ship owner in Elbing;
  • [CP 4-CP 6]: commission of appraisement, inventory and appraisement;
  • [CP 7-CP 11]: 5 sets of attestations, affidavits and claims, with translations, issed by the ruling authorities of Rotterdam and Emden and Ostend.

[Decision: restored, 24 May 1694]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/13, HCA 32/15, HCA 32/21
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17726113/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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