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Captured ship: Madonna Bon Grace (master Blaze Viani?). History: a French merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1901/6

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Reference
HCA 32/1901/6
Date
1696
Description

Captured ship: Madonna Bon Grace (master Blaze Viani?).

History: a French merchant ship (60-80 tons) bound from Marseilles to Napoli di Romania [Nafplio in the Peloponnese], laden with wine; taken during early June 1696 off 'Zimbri upon the Coast of Barbary' [island of Zembra, Tunisia ?], by the privateer Charles (Charles Pickering commanding), and brought into Porto Farina [Ghar el-Melh, Tunisia].

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 4:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]: two allegations and two sets of interrogatories.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 18 June 1700].

Note
Extra information added from IND 1/9016, p.235
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/22
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18063165/

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