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Captured ship: Golden Calf of Serdam/Surdam [Zaandam], otherwise Gulden Calf (master...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1947/17

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This record is about the Captured ship: Golden Calf of Serdam/Surdam [Zaandam], otherwise Gulden Calf (master... dating from 1672 Dec 22 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 32/1947/17
Date
1672 Dec 22
Description

Captured ship: Golden Calf of Serdam/Surdam [Zaandam], otherwise Gulden Calf (master Pieter Symonsz Kalff of Zaandam, otherwise Peter Simonson Calfe).

History: a Dutch merchant ship (120-150 lasts, 10 guns, 20 men, built at Zaandam), bound from Amsterdam to Lisbon, laden with pipe staves, oak planks, keel timbers, anchors and cordage; taken in fight on 22 December 1672/1 January 1673 in 45°N to 47°N by HMS Plymouth (Richard Neare commanding) and brought into Portsmouth.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1:-

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories and two examinations taken at Portsmouth, 9 January 1673.

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1-3:-

Extra information: IND 1/9012 f.10: ship and lading condemned 15 February 1672/3.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/8B/26; HCA 30/651/5
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Danish, English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18538010/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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