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Transferred to HCA 32/1937/24
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1936/2
Transferred to HCA 32/1937/24
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No 19. Captured ship: Eendracht or Unity of Delfshaven, otherwise Indraught (master...
Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/19
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This record is about the No 19. Captured ship: Eendracht or Unity of Delfshaven, otherwise Indraught (master... dating from 1672 Apr 24 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Instance and Prize Courts: Files of Libels, Allegations,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1672 Apr 24
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No 19.
Captured ship: Eendracht or Unity of Delfshaven, otherwise Indraught (master Claus Ariensen Warren [otherwise Claus Adrienss]).
History: a Dutch merchant ship (fluit, 250 tons), bound from [Delfshaven or Rotterdam] on 4/14 March 1671/1672; taken on [7/17 or 8/18 March 1671/1672] by HMS Guernsey (Charles Montagu commanding)], and brought first into Dover [on 8/18 March 1671/1672, the master and crew afterwards escaping ashore at Dover.
Allegation (24 April 1672), in Montagu v The Unity (5pp). Includes an intercepted letter (in Dutch) of Claes Ariense, master (at Dover) to Pijeter van Loedesteen (Rotterdam), 9/19 March 1671/1672, reporting that on 7/17 March 1671/1672 was taken off Winchelsea by 3 unnamed Royal Navy warships and brought into Dover on 8/18 March. The master and crew were left on the ship, but feared they would be put in prison; asks [the owner] for instructions.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Dutch and English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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