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Captured ship: Gideon of Gluckstadt (master Charles Bockleman). History: a Danish...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1880/1

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This record is about the Captured ship: Gideon of Gluckstadt (master Charles Bockleman). History: a Danish... 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 32/1880/1
Date
1691
Description

Captured ship: Gideon of Gluckstadt (master Charles Bockleman).

History: a Danish merchant ship (250 tons) bound from Bordeaux to Copenhagen, laden with brandy, wine and sweets; taken during December 1692 by the French privateer Mont Etna, retaken on 11/21 December 1692 off Dover by the English privateers Elizabeth and Catherine (William Young commanding) and Postillion (Henry Martin commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP :

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: interrogatories, three examinations, commission of examination;
  • [CP 4]: letter from the Admiralty of Zeeland;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: commission of appraisement, inventory;
  • [CP 7]: abstracts and translations of the 10 ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 10, receipts, certificates, bill of health, order in council, two illustrated lighthouse dues, paid at Gravesend for the St Agnes lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, and a damaged one for the Dungeness lighthouse.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 4 February 1692].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p.147
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/13, HCA 32/16, HCA 32/45, HCA 32/1827
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18048627/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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