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No 62. Captured ship: Peace otherwise Vrede of Rotterdam (master John Johnson Veldt...

Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/62

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This record is about the No 62. Captured ship: Peace otherwise Vrede of Rotterdam (master John Johnson Veldt... dating from 1672 Apr 16 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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HCA 24/147/62
Date
1672 Apr 16
Description

No 62.

Captured ship: Peace otherwise Vrede of Rotterdam (master John Johnson Veldt or Helt [sic: Veth; Jan Veth] otherwise Giovanni Giovanni Ved).

History: a Dutch merchant ship, bound from Villafranca (previously Messina then Livorno) to Rotterdam, laden with rice, figs, prunes, capers, wine, silk and indigo, soap and brimstone; in company with other ships, taken on 14/24 March 1671/1672 in the Smyrna Convoy action, by HMS Cambridge (Sir Frescheville Holles commanding), and brought into London.

Allegation, 16 April 1672 in Holles v The Peace: Attorney Francklin: the ship Vrede of Rotterdam otherwise Peace, master John Velt (28 guns) was taken in fight on 14 March 1671/1672, off Beachy [Head], sailing in company with the Dutch Smyrna fleet [convoy] and having fought for 'some days or hours' already, was boarded and taken.by HMS Cambridge (Sir Frescheville Holles commanding).

See also HCA 32/1951/8, and HCA 24/147/51.

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