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V5955. Contested cause. Captured ship: Vrouw Constantia (master Thomas Pieterse)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/929
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This record is about the V5955. Contested cause. Captured ship: Vrouw Constantia (master Thomas Pieterse).... dating from 1803 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/929
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803
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V5955. Contested cause. Captured ship: Vrouw Constantia (master Thomas Pieterse).
History: a Dutch ship, bound from Surinam to Amsterdam, laden with sugar cotton and coffee; taken off the Lizard on 17 May 1803 under embargo by a naval squadron of 13 ships under command of Lord Cornwallis, and brought into Plymouth.
Documents: many letters, open and unopened; plantation accounts; printed material; for court papers and ships papers see HCA 32/1696/5955.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Dutch
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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