Account of Prizes by Midshipman Arthur Fisher.
Account of Prizes, 1710-1711, written and signed by Midshipman Arthur Fisher in the Royal Navy. The account gives details regarding how each prize was captured with specific dates for each ship (Navy ships include the ANGLESEY, KEEP and DOROTHY) and which ships were involved and includes precise details of each engagement. Also included are the weather conditions during each encounter. The main Navy ship the ANGLESEY, was a 4th rate of 48 guns, built 1694, Plymouth which is recorded as capturing L’ESPERANCE on 16 November 1711 which agrees with this account. Written in two pages and signed by Arthur Fisher. One of the actions took place off Point Negero, at Tenerife. The vessels taken were the L'ESPRANCE on 15 November 1710; INDUSTRY on 2 January 1710/11; and COAZAR, a privateer, on 24 January 1710/11. Technically the New Year in this period started on 25 March (Lady Day). Also the FRANCES was taken as a prize.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/B/20; REG16/000012 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 oversize folder |
| Date made: | 1710-1711 |
| Creator: | Fisher, Arthur |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Report of the capture of Cadiz, 1596. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/1)
- Examination of Nicholas Gattonsby, Master of the WORCESTER, before Admiral Robert Blake, 22 January 1652. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/2)
- Report to King Charles II of an action fought against the Dutch, June 1666, by Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albermarle. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/3)
- Logbook of the CENTURION, on passage from Cadiz to England, 13-19 August 1674. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/4)
- That our misfortunes att sea doe happen by carrying on the war in the wrong place, 1690. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/5)
- Treaty of the Surrender of the Scilly Isles by the Royalists, 1651. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/6)
- Draft account of the examination of Captain James Waller, Lt-Governor of Kinsale, before Sir Richard Pyne, Lord chief Justice, on a charge of embezzlement, ca.1697; and a memorandum to Waller from L. Corneille, from Fort Charles 1694. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/7)
- A Treatise of All the Sea Voyages in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I with the names of the ship and the commanders, voyage, escapes, errors for future warning. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/8)
- Copy of a letter from Brest, 31 July 1778, respecting the action between the French fleet and Admiral Keppel. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/1)
- Captain Lucius O'Brien's account of engaging two French ships of war, 17 May 1756. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/2)
- Account of the taking of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/3)
- Account of the sighting of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/4)
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