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Captured ship: South Star [of Kristianopel, Sweden] (master Marten Tunis of Huisduinen...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1953/5

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This record is about the Captured ship: South Star [of Kristianopel, Sweden] (master Marten Tunis of Huisduinen... dating from 1673 Dec 8 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1953/5
Date
1673 Dec 8
Description

Captured ship: South Star [of Kristianopel, Sweden] (master Marten Tunis of Huisduinen and Christianople [Kristianopel, Blekkinge, Sweden], otherwise Maerten Tuenissen)

History: a Swedish merchant ship (50 tons; built at Kristianopel [Blekkinge, Sweden] on the land of Count Oxenstierna of Stockholm [probably Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna, 1623-1702]), bound from Amsterdam and the Texel to Plymouth, in ballast, to load tobacco for Stockholm; taken on 8/18 December 1673 in the port of Plymouth by HMS Plymouth ([Richard Le Neve] commanding). The master burned some of her papers about 11 leagues off the Downs after seeing a large ship of war.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-2:-

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories;
  • [CP 2]: four examinations taken at Plymouth, 9 December 1672.

Extra information:-

  • IND 1/9012 f.79: ordered to be discharged, 17 January 1673/1674.
  • See also Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1673-1675, p. 106 (15 January 1674).
  • For Le Neve, see Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714, p. 48.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/9/107
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21119957/

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