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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 20. Captured ship: Elm Tree (commander Otto van Haecken, otherwise van Aeken,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/20
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This record is about the No 20. Captured ship: Elm Tree (commander Otto van Haecken, otherwise van Aeken,... dating from 1672 Nov 15 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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- 1672 Nov 15
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No 20.
Captured ship: Elm Tree (commander Otto van Haecken, otherwise van Aeken, van Aken).
History: a Dutch privateer (frigate or hooker, 8-10 guns, 70-90 men) taken about 7/17 September 1672 off Flamborough Head by HMS Newcastle ([John] Pearce commanding), with the assistance of the hired HMS Levant Merchant (William Hobbs commanding), whilst both were part of the escort of a convoy from the Nore to Newcastle and Leith, and brought first into Leith on or before 18/28 September 1672, and later into London.
Allegation, 15 November 1672, in Pearce v The Elm Tree Otto van Aecken commanding), taken by HMS Newcastle (John Pierce [otherwise Pearce] commanding) and afterwards brought into London.
See also HCA 32/1950/29.
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