Catalogue description High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Dolphin (master Israel Turner). History: an...

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Details of HCA 32/311/2
Reference: HCA 32/311/2
Description:

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Dolphin (master Israel Turner).

History: an American merchant ship (brigantine, 120 tons, 7 men, 10 passengers, formerly the British King George, taken in late 1777), bound from Boston to Bilbao, laden with tobacco, pitch, tar, staves, whalebone, rice, flax seed; taken on 14 February 1778 south of Cape Finisterre by the privateer Peace and Plenty (Charles Mackenzie commanding), accompanied by the vessel Fanny (John Spear commanding), and brought into Lisbon.

Court papers: 1-6; Ship's papers: 7-21. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
Date: 1778
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/311/2/1-21
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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