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Captured ship: Fortune or Young Man of Flushing (Vlissingen) (master Moses Jovett)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1875/14

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This record is about the Captured ship: Fortune or Young Man of Flushing (Vlissingen) (master Moses Jovett).... dating from 1695 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 32/1875/14
Date
1695
Description

Captured ship: Fortune or Young Man of Flushing (Vlissingen) (master Moses Jovett).

History: a Dutch merchant ship bound from Vlissingen to Guiana [Surinam], laden with iron, gunpowder and shot; taken during September 1695 off Torbay by the French privateer L'Infallible (Julien Fouquett commanding), retaken five days later off Monville by two English warships, HMS Lyme (Stephen Elliot commanding) and HMS Rochester (Robert Kirktown commanding) brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 2]: interrogatories, two examinations.

[Decision: unknown].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
1695
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18048432/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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