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Crimean War Prize Papers Case 62. Captured ship: Rapid (master Hansen), a Danish...
Catalogue reference: HCA 33/18
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This record is about the Crimean War Prize Papers Case 62. Captured ship: Rapid (master Hansen), a Danish... dating from 1854 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Records of the Russian (Crimean) War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Crimean War Prize Papers Case 62.
Captured ship: Rapid (master Hansen), a Danish ship and cargo, seized in port on 20 August 1854 (to the Lord Admiral's use) by E Catchpole and two others, officers of HM Customs at Kingston upon Hull.
Theatre of war: home waters.
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Records of the Russian (Crimean) War
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