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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.
Item
Captured ship: St John Baptist of Hamburg (commander Mathias Peterson of Föhr, otherwise...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1949/7
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This record is about the Captured ship: St John Baptist of Hamburg (commander Mathias Peterson of Föhr, otherwise... dating from 1672 Aug 2 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/1949/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1672 Aug 2
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship: St John Baptist of Hamburg (commander Mathias Peterson of Föhr, otherwise Pitersen; master Simon Danecke of Stralsund).
History: a Hamburg whaling ship (170 lasts, built at Zaandam about 9-10 years earlier), bound from Greenland to Hamburg, laden with 900 casks of blubber, and the whalebone of 21 whales; taken on 2/12 August 1672 about 2 leagues off Heligoland by the privateer Dover Castle ([Peter] Kenton commanding), and brought into North Shields.
Court Papers, numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 1]: sixteen examinations taken at North Shields, 15 August 1672 and four examinations on 29 August 1672;
- [CP 2]: translation of Hamburg seabrief, 2 April 1672;
- [CP 3]: translation of Hamburg pass, 2 April 1672.
Extra information: IND 1/9012 f.39: ship and lading restored 13 September 1672.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- HCA 32/7/46
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- Public Record(s)
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- English and Latin
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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