Catalogue description High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Active (master Robert Cunningham). History: an...

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Details of HCA 32/260/15
Reference: HCA 32/260/15
Description:

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Active (master Robert Cunningham).

History: an English merchant ship (300 tons, 13 men), bound from Jamaica to London, laden with rum, sugar, cotton, pimento; taken by French privateer Robecq and retaken on 30 November 1781 eight leagues off Scilly by HMS Crocodile (James King commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.

Court papers: 1-13; Ship's papers: 14-16. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
Date: 1781
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/260/15/1-16
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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