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Russian War: Prize Appeals before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Cause...
Catalogue reference: HCA 33/48
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This record is about the Russian War: Prize Appeals before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Cause... dating from 1854-1859 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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- HCA 33/48
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854-1859
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Russian War: Prize Appeals before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Cause papers for Appeal No 12.
Captured ship: the Austrian ship Nina (master Martino Stipanovich), suspected to be a Russian ship, as formerly based in Odessa; seized in port in Ipswich on 6 June 1855 by R Freshfield and another, officers of HM Customs at Ipswich, and condemned as droits of the Admiralty.
Appellant: Martino Gherdacovich, of Costrema near Fiume, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, as sole owner of the vessel and for the freight (the cargo having been discharged before seizure).
Respondent: Official Solicitor and Townsend.
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Court papers, including abstracts and translations.
Ships papers: a very large collection numbered A 1-A564 split between this piece and HCA 33/49, including very many letters from the owner to the master, and many books of navigation, portolans, sailing directions etc, covering the coasts of Brazil, the Black Sea, the Irish Sea etc.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 33
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Records of the Russian (Crimean) War
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Records of the Russian (Crimean) War
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