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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Morgenster (master Cornelis Groenveld). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/404C
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Morgenster (master Cornelis Groenveld). History:... dating from [1776-1784] in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Morgenster (master Cornelis Groenveld).
History: a Dutch ship, (160 tons, 8 men, formerly the Irish ship Richard and Betty of Dublin, otherwise Providence, taken, condemned and sold by the French in 1779), now bound from Bordeaux to Drontheim [Trondheim], Norway, laden with wine, brandy, vinegar, and cork; taken on 15 June 1780 in latitude 47°10'N, about 10 Dutch miles S of Ushant, by the privateers Grand Trimmer (Henry Smedley commanding) and Alligator (George Craik commanding), and brought into Falmouth.
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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