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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [30r] (59/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Of capture remained the property, and was "ligated loathe Recount
and at the risk of the said farm ot
^Tu’the^care'o or any part thereof was enemy property, allege it, stating
the 'alleged ownership thereof; or if the cargo or any part thereof was
contraband, allege it.)
6. Save as aforesaid the respondents deny all and every the allegations
in A ht? l ^hl^said 0 ^^/ 06 prays the Judge to pronounce that the said ship
And the said G -" n( P r ^ r S w f re at P the time of capture property
f onpmips of the Crown of Great Britain, or otherwise liable to con
demnation, and to condemn the same as lawful prize to the captors, or to
pronounce for just cause of capture.
P (Signed) Y.Z.,
Counsel (or Party).
Delivered this
day of
(ii) Pleadings in Prize Salvage.
Petition alleging Special Difficulty or Danger.
(Heading and Title as in No. i.)
o. vii.
o. xxx.
Naval Prize
Act, 1864 ,
sect. 40 .
Writ issued
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Petition.
G H solicitor for A.B., commander, and the officers and crew of His
Majesty'sstdp° r . the recaptors of the above-named sh,p. the
plaintiffs (or as the case may be), says as follows. .
t The recaptors are the commander, officers and crew' of His Majesiv s
shio , which is a cruiser of the second class (or as the case may
be \ armed with . and carrying a crew of hands all
told, and fitted with engines of horse-power effective^ ,
2. On the day of . at about 11 a.m., His Majesty s
said ship was proceeding from . „ ^ t ° ,
in pursuance of her instructions to cruise off the coast of
and to assist and protect British vessels whilst passing such coast. At such
time as aforesaid it was blowing a heavy gale from the
the weather showed no signs of improvement.
^ Whilst proceeding as aforesaid, those on board the Jf
a steamship appearing to be a British ma.l steamer, steammg to the
on about an opposite course to the u
Signals were at once made to the said steamship, which proved to be the
signals weie ^ but nQ answer was ma de, and
although a cun was fired, the altered her course and proceeded
fn towards the coast of . apparently making for the port
0 f in enemy’s territory.
a The recaptors having thereon reason to believe that the
was in possession of the enemy, immediately alterec. e
course of the and chased the . gradually
gaining upon her.
^ 5. After hours’ chase the and the
had come within 10 miles of the coast ot
was about half-a-mile astern of the said . j
At this time it was seen that an enemy war ship was coming out of the sai
port 3 , and thereupon extra steam was raised on the
and she succeeded in getting between the said
and the entrance to the said port, and forced her to alter her course U
seaward.
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The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to his Agents, dated 16 November 1939, that, ‘as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are on the side of Great Britain the Crown has the right to exercise prize jurisdiction in these States’ (ff 2-3).
The file includes:
- two printed copies of a booklet entitled Provisional Rules and Orders, 1939: Prize Courts: Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. dated September 2, 1939. Made under Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 39) (ff 6-59, ff 61-114);
- a printed copy of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. entitled Reprisals for restricting German Commerce , dated 27 November 1939 (ff 117-118), and a press statement, issued by the Press Section of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, dated 28 November 1939, relating to the issue of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (f 120);
- correspondence relating to a Danish tanker, the Eleonora Maersk (also spelt Elonora Maersk and Eleanora Mearsk ) which arrived in Bahrain from Iran, in April 1940. In a letter to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) stated that the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has received instructions from the East Indies Commander-in-Chief that the vessel should be sent to Karachi, presumably as prize (ff 121-124);
- a Department of Commerce notification, dated 31 August 1940, stating that measures taken against German shipping can now be applied to Italian shipping (f 131);
- communications relating to prize procedure in respect of Finland, Hungary, Rumania [Romania] and Japan (ff 139-142).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 144-145) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 146; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6, f 60, and ff 119-143, the intermediate folios being skipped; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: two printed booklets are present in the file (see ff 6-59 and ff 61-114); these booklets each have their own original printed pagination sequence. The file notes at the back of the file (144-145) have also been paginated using pencil.
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- IOR/R/15/2/675
- Title
- ‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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