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Captured ship: Angel Gabriel of Flensburg (master Simon Nilsen). History: a Danish...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1852/12

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This record is about the Captured ship: Angel Gabriel of Flensburg (master Simon Nilsen). History: a Danish... dating from 1692 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 32/1852/12
Date
1692
Description

Captured ship: Angel Gabriel of Flensburg (master Simon Nilsen).

History: a Danish merchant ship (150 tons), bound from Bordeaux to Flensburg, laden with brandy, wine, molasses and prunes; taken during April 1692 by the privateer Bridget Galley (Robert Martell commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1]: allegation;
  • [CP 2]: claim for the ship and cargo by merchants in Flensburg;
  • [CP 3-CP 7]: second allegation, with interrogatories, five examinations, substitution, commission of examination;
  • [CP 8-CP 12]: third allegation, attestation, interrogatories, three examinations, commision of examination;
  • [CP 13-CP 15]: fourth allegation, interrogatories, substitution;
  • [CP 16-CP 19]: documents in Danish, likely examinations, produced on commission at Flensburg, along with an attestation, wrapper and a commission;
  • [CP 20-CP 21]: commission of appraisement, inventory;
  • [CP 22-CP 23]: abstracts and translations of the 20 ship's papers, docket;

Ship's papers, numbered SP 1-SP 20, accounts, ship's passes, custos papers, receipts for lighthouse fees, letters and bills of lading.

[Decision: condemned, 25 August 1692: appealed]

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p19
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/13; HCA 32/15; HCA 32/21; HCA 32/33, HCA 32/1826
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17752733/

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