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Captured ship: Two Crowns of Kristiansand (master Jan Jurensen or Jorrensen or Jorgensen)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1937/19

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This record is about the Captured ship: Two Crowns of Kristiansand (master Jan Jurensen or Jorrensen or Jorgensen).... dating from 1694 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 32/1937/19
Date
1694
Description

Captured ship: Two Crowns of Kristiansand (master Jan Jurensen or Jorrensen or Jorgensen).

History: a Danish (Norwegian) merchant ship (–25 lasts) bound from Kristiansand to Bordeaux, laden with deal boards, and rails; taken in January 1693/4 off Dover by the privateer Experiment (John Powell commanding), and brought into Dover.

Documents:-

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 9:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: interrogatories, four examinations;
  • [CP 4]: claim to the ship and cargo by the master;
  • [CP 5-CP 7]: two attestations sent in from Kristiansand, one with a translation;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: abstracts and translations of the ship's papers, docket.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 15.

  • SP 1-SP 2: ceritificates;
  • SP 3-SP 5: ship's pass, customs papers;
  • SP 6-SP 8: two brief notes or receipts, letter to Jan Jorgensen;
  • SP 9-SP 11: cargo list, two further letters to Jorgensen;
  • SP 12-SP 15: custom paper, cocket, accounts, certificate.

[Decision: ship and cargo condemned, 1 March 1694; appealed].

Start date 10 January 1694

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/20, HCA 32/32, HCA 32/44
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Danish and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18243216/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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