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Nominal Guns10ref:2045
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired10.8.1739ref:2045
Home PortLiverpool - Lancashire ref:2045
ShipyardUnknownref:2045
CategoryMerchantref:2045
Ship TypeSlave Ship
Captured12.6.1743ref:2045

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:2045
Burthen50Ton 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
10.8.173918 ref:2045
4.8.174219 ref:2045

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
10.8.1739 - 1.10.1741Captain
John LawrensonBritish
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1739-1741
ref:2045
26.12.1741 - 12.6.1743Captain
Robert WhalleyBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1741-1743
ref:2048

Service History


DateEventSource
10.8.1739Sailed from Liverpool ref:2045
5.9.1740

Sailed from Liverpool

ref:2045
2.6.1741

Arrived at Barbados & the Leeward Islands with 197 slaves

ref:2045
1.10.1741

Arrived at Liverpool

ref:2045
26.12.1741Sailed from Liverpool ref:2045
20.7.1742Arrived at Liverpool ref:2045
4.8.1742

Sailed from Liverpool

ref:2045
9.2.1742/43Guinea raid
4.1743

He manages to escape from the Diligente and the Santisima Trinidad by hiding behind some rocks in Axim.

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c.7.6.1743

Arrived at Barbados & the Leeward Islands

ref:2045
7.6.1743

Sailed from Gulf of Guinea with 197 slaves

ref:2045
8.6.1743Sailed from Barbados & the Leeward Islands ref:2048
12.6.1743

Taken by a spanish privateer with ten carriage guns, ten swivel guns and 150 men,  and carried into St. Domingo

ref:2048

 
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