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Captured ship: Fortuna of Christiania (master Mogens Jenson). History: a Danish (Norwegian)...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1875/12

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This record is about the Captured ship: Fortuna of Christiania (master Mogens Jenson). History: a Danish (Norwegian)... dating from 1691 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 32/1875/12
Date
1691
Description

Captured ship: Fortuna of Christiania (master Mogens Jenson).

History: a Danish (Norwegian) merchant ship (118 tons) bound from Luxstadt [?] to Bordeaux, in ballast, but after springing a leak went into Calais; taken on 11/21 July 1689 between Calais and Bordeaux by the Dutch warship Province of Utrecht (Peter Dekker commanding) and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: interrogatories, two examinations;
  • [CP 3]: docket, still attached to the ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 5.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned 20 September 1689].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p. 107
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/25, HCA 32/36
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Danish, English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18048430/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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