1893 text

The “Golden Hand” was to have been used for the conveyance of the Swedish Ambassadors’ horses and goods to Holland. In August, 1667, Frances, widow of Captain Douglas and daughter of Lord Grey, petitioned the king “for a gift of the prize ship Golden Hand, now employed in weighing the ships sunk at Chatham, where her husband lost his life in defence of the ships against the Dutch” (“Calendar of State Papers,” 1667, p. 430)


This text comes from a footnote on a diary entry in the 1893 edition edited by Henry B. Wheatley.

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The Golden Hand

Fireship; 6 guns; Dutch prize 1665; founders 1673 (L&M Index)

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