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Captured ship: Maria Sea Star of Ostend (Tomas Becu Master). History: a Spanish Netherlands...

Catalogue reference: HCA 42/6/9

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This record is about the Captured ship: Maria Sea Star of Ostend (Tomas Becu Master). History: a Spanish Netherlands... dating from 1690 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 42/6/9

Date

1690

Description

Captured ship: Maria Sea Star of Ostend (Tomas Becu Master).

History: a Spanish Netherlands merchant ship (flyboat, 320 tons) bound from Bordeaux to Ostend, laden with brandy and wine; taken on 8/18 June 1689 off Ushant by the privateer St David (Thomas Graydon commanding), and brought into Plymouth.

Documents: manuscript appeal papers.

[Decision: not yet known].

For the initial prize case papers, see HCA 32/1902/22.

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The National Archives, Kew
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HCA 42

High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers

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