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No 63. Captured ship: Vrede or Peace (master [commander] Cornelius Jansen Slooger...

Catalogue reference: HCA 24/147/63

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This record is about the No 63. Captured ship: Vrede or Peace (master [commander] Cornelius Jansen Slooger... dating from [1674 Nov 3] 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 24/147/63
Date
[1674 Nov 3]
Description

No 63.

Captured ship: Vrede or Peace (master [commander] Cornelius Jansen Slooger or Slogar).

History: a Dutch privateer (150 tons, 22 guns, bound on a cruise) OR a merchant ship; taken on 10/20 October 1673 in the West Indies by HMS Portland (George Canning commanding), and sold at Jamaica

Allegation [no date, endorsed by HCA as received 3 November 1674]:

The Vrede 'is a merchants of Amsterdam' [NB: the meaning here is imprecise: that she belongs to a merchant of Amsterdam, and/or that she is a merchant ship], and was on a merchant voyage from Amsterdam, bound for Cuba and in ballast for the Bay of Campeche where the crew would fell logwood or Campeche wood and lade it for return to Amsterdam. This type of voyage is normal practice for traders of many nations for 20 years. The Bay of Campeche is open and uninhabited by permanent residents.

Ship and lading taken by HMS Portland (George Canning commanding).

See also: HCA 32/1951/7; HCA 24/147/64; HCA 24/147/65; HCA 24/147/66.

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