Catalogue description High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Vergulde Boender (master Jan Vos). History: a...

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Details of HCA 32/471/3
Reference: HCA 32/471/3
Description:

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Vergulde Boender (master Jan Vos).

History: a Dutch merchant ship (104 Dutch lasts, 2 guns, 11 men) bound from Riga to Brest, laden with masts, deals and rukkers (poles); taken on 12 September 1778 a mile west of Dover by HMSSpeedwell (Thomas Bornford Mainwaring commanding ), and brought first into the Downs, and then into Portsmouth.

Court papers: 1-31.

[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 32/471/3/1-31
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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