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Captured ship: Concord of Altona (master Ahasuerus Borman). History: a Hamburg ship...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1865/19

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This record is about the Captured ship: Concord of Altona (master Ahasuerus Borman). History: a Hamburg ship... 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 32/1865/19
Date
1692
Description

Captured ship: Concord of Altona (master Ahasuerus Borman).

History: a Hamburg ship (260 tons, 36 men), bound from Altona to St Thomas via Madeira, laden with flour, salt beef, lead, soap, linen, cheese, candles, sweet oil, butter and nails; taken in fight on 19/29 November 1692 off Portland by the privateers Russell Galley (Andrew Elton commanding) and William and Mary (Humphrey Ayles commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: interrogatories, four examinations;
  • [CP 3]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of merchants in Altona;
  • [CP 4-CP 6]: allegation, commission, interrogatories.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 12 January 1692/3]

See the appeal papers in HCA 42/16.

Note
Extra information from IND 1/9014, p.39.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/15; HCA 32/31; HCA 32/34
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18044583/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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