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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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A French privateer captured an English ship from Newfoundland bound for Bilbao with fish owned by Spanish merchants. The ship is detained in Vigo pending examination. This is not the first such incident, and French privateers may avoid Spanish ports due to prize complications.
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A French privateer has brought in here an English ship from Newfoundland, bound to Bilboa, with fish, said to be the property of Spanish merchants residing there. She is therefore ordered to be detained, application having been made for that purpose till the matter can be examined into and determined. This is not the first instance of the kind in our ports, and it was thought that the French would not, from the trouble they have received about prizes, bring any more in that were bound to any place in this kingdom.
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Primary Location
Vigo
Event Date
May 27
Outcome
ship detained pending examination of ownership
Event Details
A French privateer brought an English ship from Newfoundland, bound to Bilboa with fish owned by Spanish merchants, into Vigo. It is ordered detained until the matter is examined and determined. This is not the first such instance in Spanish ports, and French privateers are thought unlikely to bring more prizes bound to Spain due to prior troubles.