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Captured ship: Tarbrush of Amsterdam [otherwise Gele Teerkwast , Yellow Tarbrush]...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1953/10

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This record is about the Captured ship: Tarbrush of Amsterdam [otherwise Gele Teerkwast , Yellow Tarbrush]... dating from 1672 Oct 22 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1953/10
Date
1672 Oct 22
Description

Captured ship: Tarbrush of Amsterdam [otherwise Gele Teerkwast, Yellow Tarbrush] (commander Adrian Derricksen Quast otherwise Aderiaen Dircksz Quast)

History: a Dutch privateer (buss, 50 tons, 8 guns, bought 6 weeks previously at Emden), bound on a cruise from [Amsterdam]; taken on 22 October/1 November 1672 off Great Yarmouth sands by HMS Portsmouth (James Page commanding), and brought into Harwich.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-2:-

  • [CP 1]: two examinations taken at Harwich, 31 October 1672; thesegive Emden in error as 'in Holland', rather than as in East Frisia / Ostfriesland /Oost Friesland;
  • [CP 2]: certificate regarding original privateering commission.

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1-2:-

  • SP 1: privateering commission issued by William III, Prince of Orange (at Bodegrave), for an unnamed ship to be commanded by Aderiaen Dircksz Quast, 22 September 1672, bond and oath registered by the Amsterdam admiralty on 26 September 1672;
  • SP 2: copy of the above privateering commission, registered by the Amsterdam admiralty, 27 September 1672.

Extra information: see J. R. Bruijn, 'Kaapvaart in de tweede en derde Engelse oorlog', in Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden (BMGN), vol 90 (1975), pp.408-429 (426): 'Gele Teerkwast' (Yellow Tarbrush). NB: this Journal is now named Low Countries Historical Review.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/7/94; HCA 32/9/40; HCA 30/652/21
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Dutch and English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21119962/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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