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Captured ship: Neptune (master Gustavus Sturck). History: a Swedish merchant ship...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1908/7

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This record is about the Captured ship: Neptune (master Gustavus Sturck). History: a Swedish merchant ship... 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 32/1908/7

Date

1691

Description

Captured ship: Neptune (master Gustavus Sturck).

History: a Swedish merchant ship (120 tons) bound from Bordeaux to Gothenburg, laden with wine and brandy; taken on 11/21 August 1691 near Dover by the privateer Elizabeth and Catherine (William Young commanding), and brought into the Downs or Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 15:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: interrogatories, six examinations and commission;
  • [CP 4-CP 5]: attestations;
  • [CP 6]: claim to the ship and cargo on behalf of the merchants in Bruges;
  • [CP 7-CP 10]: four allegations;
  • [CP 11-CP 12]: commission of appraisement and inventory;
  • [CP 13]: ship’s pass submitted as an exhibit;
  • [CP 14-CP 15]: two sets of interrogatories.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP A/1-SP A/4 and SP B/1-SP B/11, including ship’s passes and accounts for previous voyages.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned 6 November 1691].

Note

Extra information added from IND 1/9013, p.387

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English, French and Swedish

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18063646/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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Within the series: HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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