Captured ship: Halfe Reider [ Half Reeder, Sea Knight ] of Bergen, otherwise H alf...

Captured ship: Halfe Reider [Half Reeder, Sea Knight] of Bergen, otherwise Half Reader, Half Rider, (master Sewerd Herrings of Friesland (resident of Bergen), otherwise Sijvert Herijncks, Sijvert Herencks).

History: a Danish-Norwegian merchant ship (200 tons, built in Holland but partially burnt at Trondheim about 9 years earlier, the hull bought by Trondheim merchants and rebuilt there, used for 4 voyages then bought by present owners), bound from Nantes and the Bay of Bourgneuf to Bergen, Norway, laden with salt, wine and brandy; taken in the night of 4/14 May 1673 about 7 leagues east of the Isle of Wight by HMS Dragon ([Thomas] Chamberlaine commanding) and brought into Portsmouth on 6/16 or 7/17 May.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-3:-

• [CP 1]: two examinations taken at Portsmouth, 8 May 1673; mentions papers, bills of lading and freight books numbered 1-68, a packet, 2 letters, a notebook and journal (these were probably restored). An abstract was made of the papers, but this has not been found.
• [CP 2]: copy of above;
• [CP 3]: one examination taken at Portsmouth, 25 May 1673.

Extra information:-

• See IND 1/9012, f.34v: restored 26 May/5 June 1673.
• See HCA 30/882, p.61.
• Owners: Cort Fanderwide (otherwise Vanderwide), Daniell Woolkeman, Garret Doade, Jurgen Turmelin (otherwise Jurge Termeulen), Hance Jacobs, Hellus Serruks (otherwise Helder Serricks), Garret Cramer (otherwise Jerret Cramer), and Henry Colkman, all residents of Bergen.