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Update June 2023

De zeeslag bij Terheide, Willem van de Velde (I), 1657

What are the Dutch Prize Papers

The Prize Papers are documents seized by British navy and privateers from enemy ships in the period 1652-1815. The documents contain ship’s journals, lists of cargo, accounts, plantation lists and interrogations of crew members, business- and private letters. Read more

Photo: Erik van der Doe / Metamorfoze


Organisation of the archive

The papers are kept in the archive of the High Court of Admiralty in The National Archives in Kew (London). Approximately a quarter of the Prize Papers originates from Dutch ships. Read more

Photo: Erik van der Doe / Metamorfoze