Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Gibraltar. Captured ship: Jonge...

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Details of HCA 45/43/1
Reference: HCA 45/43/1
Description:

Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Gibraltar.

Captured ship: Jonge Sybrandt (master Jasper Schmerkel).

Nationality: Danish.

History: bound from Amsterdam to Civitavecchia and Naples, laden with tobacco, cheese, leather, white paint, stockfish and other merchandise; taken on 12 June 1798 by HMS Success (Philip Wilkinson commanding), and brought into Gibraltar.

Appellant: The master for himself for the ship and part of the cargo (cheese, white paint and stockfish, his private adventure).

Respondent: The captor and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 7 December 1803 (folios 1-2).

Decision: ship and private adventure to be restored.

Folios 1-2: further proof; Folio 2: decree

Date: 1803
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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