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Captured ship: San Antonio or St Anthony otherwise Nossa Senhora de Pilar of Lisbon...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1855/13

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This record is about the Captured ship: San Antonio or St Anthony otherwise Nossa Senhora de Pilar of Lisbon... dating from 1694 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers.

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HCA 32/1855/13
Date
1694
Description

Captured ship: San Antonio or St Anthony otherwise Nossa Senhora de Pilar of Lisbon (master João Rodriguez de Oliveiro).

History: an English merchant ship (70 tons), bound from London to Ferrol, laden with sea coals, woollen manufactures (Colchester baize and kerseys), stills and kettles; taken on 12/22 June 1694, in the English Channel by a French privateer of St Malo, retaken on 25 June / 5 July 1694, off the Isle de Bréhat by HMS Soldado Prize (William Allen commanding), and brought into Guernsey.

Documents:-

Court Papers:-

  • [CP 1]: three examinations;
  • [CP 2-CP 4]: attestations and claims of merchants in London for the ship and cargo;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: inventory, note as to the payment of salvage.

[Decision: restored, paying salvage, 25 October 1694]

Former reference
HCA 32/13, HCA 32/15 and HCA 32/33
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17847559/

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