Captured ship: Hope of Rostock (master John Crosse of Rostock, otherwise Jochim Kross,...

Captured ship: Hope of Rostock (master John Crosse of Rostock, otherwise Jochim Kross, Joachim Crosse, Kroos, Yacken Crosse).

History: a Mecklenburg merchant ship (unarmed, 4 men, 7 prize crew, built at Rostock), bound from Bordeaux to Leith, Scotland, laden with wine and brandy; taken on 20 February/2 March 1673/1674 between Lowestoft and Yarmouth by the Dutch privateer Exter [Magpie] of Flushing (Vlissingen) (Jeremy Boets commanding [otherwise Boat, Boot]), then bound for Flushing, but on 28 February/10 March 1673/1674 was forced by bad weather and contrary winds into Bridlington Bay; there piloted by a local boat to anchor near the town, the prize crew intended to deliver the ship to the local officers, whom the original master went ashore to fetch, but a storm broke the cable and at 10 pm that night the ship was driven aground about a mile and a half south of Bridlington; cargo salvaged (some damaged) by 14/24 March 1673/1674. One of the later certificates [CP12] - Edinburgh, 27 January 1674/1675 - states that the ship had been taken again recently, by a French privateer and brought into Plymouth, where the ship was then arrested.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-12:

• [CP 1]: four examinations taken at Bridlington, 14 March 1673/4;
• [CP 2]: attestation of John Cornelison and Peter Dingman, Hull, 10 March 1673/1674 (endorsed at Hull, 23 March 1673/1674);
• [CP 3]: account of salvage expenses, Bridlington, 4 May 1674;
• [CP 4-5]: two letters, Edinburgh, 16 and 19 May 1674;
• [CP 6]: commission for appraisement and sale, 1 December 1674;
• [CP 7]: appraisement, 14 January 1674/1675;
• [CP 8]: accounts of sale made at Bridlington, both 14 January 1674/5;
• [CP 9]: certificate, Edinburgh, 26 January 1674/1675;
• [CP 10-12]: 3 certificates, Edinburgh, 27 January 1674/1675.

Ships papers, numbered SP 1-5: 5 bills of lading (from Bordeaux to Leith, 19 December 1673).

Extra information:- See IND 1/9012 f.36: ship ordered to be restored, 7 May 1674.