Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 33751
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Tempête
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 300
Standardized tonnage IMP 343
Guns mounted 28
Vessel owners Compagnie Royalle de Guinee
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP La Rochelle
First place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Martinique, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Martinique, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended La Rochelle
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Martinique
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Martinique
Region where voyage ended France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1688
Date voyage began 1687-??-??
Date trade began in Africa 1688-02-13
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1688-06-15
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Casse, Jean Baptiste du
Crew at voyage outset 95
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 303
Total slaves embarked IMP 303
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 287
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 287
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 48.4%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 16
Mortality rate IMP 5.0%
Source Sources Roussier,1-47: Roussier, Paul (ed.), L'Etablissement d'Issiny, 1687-1702: Voyage de DuCasse, Tibierge et Damon B la côte de Guinée (Paris, 1935).
Rawl,C747,170,212: Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747
Munford,175-6: Munford, Clarence J., Black Ordeal of Slavery and Slave Trading in the French West Indies, 1625-1715, 3 vols. (Lewiston, NY, 1991).
Hrodej,I:73,79-81: Hrodej, Philippe, L'amiral Du Casse: l'elevation d'un Gascon sous Louis XIV, 2 vols. (Paris, 1999).