Piece
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.
Item
Captured ship: Arms of Rotterdam otherwise Wapen van Rotterdam (master Jacob Martensen...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1945/17A
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This record is about the Captured ship: Arms of Rotterdam otherwise Wapen van Rotterdam (master Jacob Martensen... dating from 1674 Feb in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/1945/17A
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1674 Feb
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: Arms of Rotterdam otherwise Wapen van Rotterdam (master Jacob Martensen Cloet).
History: a Dutch East India Company (VOC, Amsterdam division) ship, bound from the Texel on 16 December 1673 northabout for Batavia in the East Indies, and took shelter at Ronas Voe, Shetland; taken in fight there by HMS Newcastle (John Wetwang commanding) in late February 1674, and brought first into Harwich and then into London.
Cross-reference only: no court papers have been found for this ship, but see the large collection of ships papers and mail in transit at HCA 30/1064.
See also Frank L. Fox, 'The Ronas Voe Incident, 1674', in Mariner's Mirror (February 2021).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Frank L. Fox, 'The Ronas Voe Incident, 1674', in Mariner's Mirror (February 2021)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21006317/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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