Catalogue description High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: El Arcangel San Rafael of San Sebastian (master...

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Details of HCA 32/272A
Reference: HCA 32/272A
Description:

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: El Arcangel San Rafael of San Sebastian (master Lorenzo Marques).

History: a Spanish merchant ship (brig, 120 tons, 9 men) bound from Cadiz to London, laden with wine, cochineal, indigo, tiger skins, vanilla, almonds and about 36,700 dollars in specie; taken on 12 July 1779 in latititude 49°30'N by HMS Kite (Henry Trollope commonading) and brought into Plymouth.

Documents: a large bundle of mail in transit; many letters submitted as exhibits; etc.
Date: 1779
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: HCA 42/113
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English, French, Russian and Spanish
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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