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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [85v] (170/292)
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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6. The said enemy war ship, which proved to be the Th<
of guns, and to be carrying a crew of hands, came on, and entitl
with the assistance of some torpedo boats which were following hei cargo
engaged the . but after a fierce engagement, lasting about occas
half-an-hcur, the said enemy war ship was beaten off and returned to tht
port of with the torpedo boats, whereupon the said
surrendered to the recaptors, and the prize crew in charge of her having
been taken on board the . and a prize crew from tht
having been put on board the , the twt
vessels in company proceeded towards and the
was brought in safety into . where she now lies.
7. At the time of the said engagement, His Majesty’s said ship was dost
to the island of , and owing to the gale and the dangerou
nature of the coast she ran great risk of being driven on the rocks ir
manoeuvring during the said engagement, and the lives of the recaptorji \\ x
were thereby exposed to great risk and danger. In the said engagement
the had men killed and men wounded, includin'
officers. JK
8. By reason of the premises the and her cargo were save *•
from condemnation as prize to the enemy under circumstances of speck ancl c
difficulty and danger. 2. <
The said G.H. prays the Judge to award to the recaptors one-fourth
the value of the said and her cargo, or such other sum as t ^’ 1C 1
the Judge shall seem just, and costs.
3- J
(Signed) W.X., about
Counsel (or Party), to ch
steam
Delivered this day of
Answer.
(Sei
joint
parag.
{Heading and Title as in No. 1.)
Answer.
Anc
Majes
said s
J.K., solicitor for C.D., the owner (and claimant) of the said ship, ar Del
E.F., owner of the cargo thereof, defendants (or as the case may be), i
answer to the petition of the recaptors says as follows: —
1. The defendants (or as the case may be) admit that the said ship ai
her cargo were recaptured from the enemy by the recaptors, but der
that the recapture thereof was made under circumstances of sped
danger or difficulty entitling the recaptors to a larger part of the vali
of the said ship and cargo than one-eighth part.
2. The defendants (or as the case may be) do not admit that H
Majesty’s said ship was at the time of such recapture engag; G.T.
in protecting British ships as alleged. At the said time. His Majestythe p<
said ship was engaged, in conjunction with other vessels, in watching t I - ^
said port of and in endeavouring to intercept and captuand c
the said enemy’s ship of war the , and for such purpose w 2 . I
endeavouring to entice her out of the said port and bring about defenc
engagement with her, and the fact that the said mail steamer the captot
made for such port in fact brought about the engagement so wished i
and intended, and such engagement was not brought about and did r J
happen merely for the purpose of the recapture of the said ship, but tc fl ^ ^
place in the ordinary course of duty and under the express instructio^ ca f Jt
given to His Majesty’s said ship.
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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’
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- 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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