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Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
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Captured ship: Hope of London otherwise Love of London (master Robert Russell, otherwise...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1948/5
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- HCA 32/1948/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1672 Nov 10
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Captured ship: Hope of London otherwise Love of London (master Robert Russell, otherwise Ressell]; prize master Cornelis Arens of Flushing).
History: an English merchant ship (fluit, 200 tons, built in the Dutch Republic, 16 prize crew when retaken), bound from Malaga to London, laden with wine and fruit; taken [along with other English ships from Malaga, after an 11-hour fight, with 11 crew killed] on [6/16] November about 50 leagues from the mouth of the Channel [80 leagues west of Scilly] by the 16-gun Dutch privateer Hope of Flushing (Jacob Vogel commanding, otherwise Jacob Vogells), then sent in for Flushing; retaken on 10/20 November 1672 between Falmouth and Plymouth by HMS Pearl (John Ashby commanding) and brought into Plymouth about 2 days later.
Court Papers numbered SP 1:
- [CP 1]: two examinations taken at Plymouth, 22 November 1672.
Extra information:-
- For the details of the initial capture above, see Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1672-73, p.260, or SP 29/317, no 217 (Thomas Holden to Williamson, 13 November 1672). The original crew was at least 17 (6 as prisoners aboard when retaken, plus the 11 killed when taken.]
- See IND 1/9012 ff.34, 50v, for the name Love of London, otherwise Hope, restored 23 December 1672, on payment of salvage.]
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- English
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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