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Captured ship Sjælland or Scielland : papers from the ship's officers, relating to...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/763
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HCA 30/763
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Date (When the record was created)
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1791-1796
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Description (What the record is about)
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Captured ship Sjælland or Scielland: papers from the ship's officers, relating to earlier ships on which they served: -
1) the St Laurens: logs; reports on ships present in Batavia, 1795; paper with nautical calculations; instructional paper: Konst der Stuurlieden; two papers with French, German and Dutch songs; some printed East India Company forms; some private papers of Lieutenant D'Alban.
2) Amazon under command of A. Kuvel; journal runs from 1791 to 1792, Amsterdam to the Cape; some coast profiles in pen and grey ink; Drechterland (Captain van Eps) for the East India Company from Galle to Flushing, 1793, 1794; Schelde (East India Company under Captain van Eps) 1792
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Two peach silk bows, some white cloth, and wrapping paper, from the St Laurens, are now in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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Dutch and French
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Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4249709/
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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