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No 49. Captured ship: St Nicholas. History: a Dutch privateer taken on 15/25 July...

Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/49

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HCA 24/147/49
Date
1673 Nov 28
Description

No 49.

Captured ship: St Nicholas.

History: a Dutch privateer taken on 15/25 July 1673 off 'Kickatan, Virginia' [Kecoughtan, Hampton?], by the hired HMS Barnaby and the hired HMS Augustine , and brought into London.

Allegation, 28 November 1673, in Godwin v The St Nicholas. On 15 July 1673 the privateer St Nicholas was in Rucoor Road of Kickatan, Virginia, and was taken by the pinnaces of [hired] HM ships Barnaby (Thomas Godwin commanding) and Augustine (Cotterell comanding) and afterwards brought into London. The privateer's commission and other papers found aboard were sent to Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia, and not returned. The Dutch crew taken prisoner were exchanged at Virginia for 'English' prisoners: none of the captured crew were brought to England.

For the 2 hired RN ships, see Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714, p.276.

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