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Captured ship: Whale Dogger of London (master John Laveroke; prize master Peter Blomer...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1954/10

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This record is about the Captured ship: Whale Dogger of London (master John Laveroke; prize master Peter Blomer... dating from 1672 Nov 6 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/1954/10
Date
1672 Nov 6
Description

Captured ship: Whale Dogger of London (master John Laveroke; prize master Peter Blomer of Flushing, otherwise Pieter Blommers, and Crijn Jacobson of Flushing, otherwise Kryn Jacopsen).

History: an English merchant ship (dogger or hooker, 40 tons, formerly a Dutch prize, taken some time since, built in the Dutch Republic), bound from the Isle of Wight to Dartmouth and Plymouth, in ballast; taken on 6/16 November 1672 off the Start by Dartmouth by the Dutch privateer Tergoose [Ter Goes] of Flushing (David van Gesdall commanding); retaken 16 hours later by HMS Antelope (Augustine Lanstein Laustein [Christian August von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg (1639-1687), Prince of Holstein-Norburg, serving under the name Augustus L'Hostine, sometimes known as Gustavus L'Holstein] commanding) and brought into Plymouth on 11/21 November 1672.

Court Papers, numbered CP 1:-

  • [CP 1]: standing interrogatories and five examinations taken at Plymouth, 12 November 1672.

Extra information:- See IND 1/9012 f.16v: restored, on payment of an eighth part of the salvage, 25 November 1673.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
HCA 32/8B/50
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21120415/

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