Catalogue description British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Protector (commander John Foster...

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Details of HCA 32/430/11
Reference: HCA 32/430/11
Description:

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Protector (commander John Foster Williams).

History: an American ship of war (frigate, 600 tons, 26 guns, 170 men), bound on a cruise and returning to Boston, laden with prize goods [sugar, gunpowder, nankeens, tea, Russia Drab [cloth], sweet oil, chintz, gauze, French duck; these having been taken from the captured British ship Commerce bound from Antigua to St Lucia, and from an American ship in distress, the Spanish Fame]; taken on 5 May 1781 about 20 leagues south of Montauk Point, British New York by HMS Roebuck (Andrew Snape Douglas commanding) and HMS Medea (Henry Duncan commanding), and brought into New York.

Court papers: 1-7. [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 32/430/11/1-7
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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