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Captured ship: Angel Raphael of Stockholm (master Hinrich Huge). History: a Swedish...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1852/17

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This record is about the Captured ship: Angel Raphael of Stockholm (master Hinrich Huge). History: a Swedish... 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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HCA 32/1852/17
Date
1694
Description

Captured ship: Angel Raphael of Stockholm (master Hinrich Huge).

History: a Swedish merchant ship bound from London to Lisbon, laden with coals, but being plundered by many privateers in the English Channel (who took away men, sails, provisions and clothes), had to put first into Plymouth for new recurits, then into Brest, where he had to sell part of the coals to purchase replacement sails, and was forced by French officers to sell the rest, the money to be remitted to the owner Tobias Widman in Stockholm; coming into Falmouth to buy provisions, the ship was seized in port on [10/20] May 1694 by the collector of customs to the Lord Admiral's use.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
  • [CP 2]: two examinations.

[Decision: discontinued, 17 May 1694]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
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/C17752738/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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