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Captured ship: Maria of Konigsberg (master Olaus Nielsen [Knab]) [first capture]....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1902/16

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This record is about the Captured ship: Maria of Konigsberg (master Olaus Nielsen [Knab]) [first capture].... 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 32/1902/16

Date

1692

Description

Captured ship: Maria of Konigsberg (master Olaus Nielsen [Knab]) [first capture].

History: a Swedish or Norwegian merchant ship (100 lasts) bound from Bergen to St Malo, laden with deal boards, train oil and roe; taken on 5/15 October 1692 by the privateer John and Francis (Robert Langbe commanding), and brought into Rye.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 5:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: three examinations, interrogatories, commission;
  • [CP 4]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of merchants in Bergen;
  • [CP 5]: docket for the ship's papers.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-SP 39:

  • SP 1-SP 21: general ship's papers, including ship's passes, receipts, accounts contracts, certificates;
  • SP 22-SP 39: letters to members of the crew.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 8 December 1692].

Note

Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p.358

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference

HCA 32/14, HCA 32/18, HCA 32/28, HCA 32/39

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English and Swedish

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Record URL
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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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Within the department: HCA

Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts

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Within the series: HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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Within the piece: HCA 32/1902

Prize Papers, for ships beginning with M. (Described at item level).

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Captured ship: Maria of Konigsberg (master Olaus Nielsen [Knab]) [first capture]....

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