No 42. Captured ship: St Katherine of Bruges, otherwise Sint Catalina , S anta Catalina...

No 42.

Captured ship: St Katherine of Bruges, otherwise Sint Catalina, Santa Catalina (master Jan de Vogelaer otherwise John Fowler, Vooghelaer).

History: [a Flemish (Spanish Netherlands) merchant ship (hooker, 80 tons, ? guns, 6 men, 3 Dutch passengers (the commander and lieutenant of the privateer Flushing [Vlissingen] of Flushing, and the master of the privateer Kittle [Kettle, Ketel] of Flushing), 7 English passengers (5 men and 2 women), bound from Bilbao to Ostend and Bruges, or Amsterdam, laden with iron bars, Spanish wool, sea coal, and 52 sealed bags of silver money stowed under the ship's bread, plus some plate sewn up in canvas; taken [after 13/23 February and before 24 February/6 March] 1672/1673 location by the privateer Dover Castle (Henry Sturt commanding), and brought first into Dover, and then into London.

Allegation and claim with supporting documents, 17 April 1673: against Sturte on behalf of John Staelpert (otherwise Staelpart), Justo de Smidt, George van Sassingem (otherwise Joris van Sassinghem) and Martin van Bistoven. Staelpart and De Smidt residents of Bruges for 8-20 years; Van Sassinghem resident of Ghent for 8-20 years; De [Van] Bisthoven for same at Antwerp. All are subjects of Spain. In October 1671 these partners sent Vogelaer to Holland or Zeeland to buy a ship, preferably of 80-100 tons. Bought ship from Anthone van Voolenove at Vlaardingen near Rotterdam.

(Details of shares, purchase and early voyages to Ostend, Dublin, Bordeaux, Ostend.)

Going for Bayonne in ballast in 1672, the St Katherine was taken by a Royal Navy ship but found to be a free ship. (Details of voyage London, Youghal, Bilbao; owner's factor at Bilbao, details of cargo, silver.) Mentions attached schedule: copy of bill of sale and receipt, with Bruges seal. Attached as schedule (unnumbered): Copy of Bill of sale for ship (hooker, dimensions given, deck raised to stow Bordeaux wine) Anthone van Voolenove, 3 December 1671 (certified copy, 7 April 1673).

Extra information:-

• See the entry for HCA 32/1949/17 for more details and cross-references.
• See also HCA 42/147/41, in this file.