| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 17463 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Myrtle | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | Bristol | |
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | ||
| Tonnage | 100 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 182 | |
| Guns mounted | 6 | |
| Vessel owners | Rumsey, James* Brown, John Malton, John Jenkins, Thomas |
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| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Natural hazard | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (natural hazard) | |
| African resistance | ||
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Bristol |
| First place of slave purchase | Gambia | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gambia | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | St. Kitts, port unspecified | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | St. Kitts, port unspecified | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
| First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
| First region of slave landing | St. Kitts | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | St. Kitts | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1759 |
| Date voyage began | 1759-01-03 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | 1759-02-23 | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1759-05-10 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1759-??-?? | |
| 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 | Hutcheson, James |
| Crew at voyage outset | 35 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | ||
| Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 200 |
| Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
| Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
| Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
| Total slaves embarked | 250 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 250 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 181 | |
| 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 | 181 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | |
| Percentage women IMP | ||
| Percentage boys IMP | ||
| Percentage girls IMP | ||
| Percentage male IMP | ||
| Percentage children IMP | ||
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 69 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 28.0% | |
| Source | Sources | Richardson,III: Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807, 4 volumes (Bristol, 1986-1997) T70/1530,List of Arrivals and Departures: British National Archives (Kew) MR,MSC,f.17r: Misplaced reference BRO, SMV/9/3/3/4,106: Bristol Record Office (Bristol, UK) Society of Merchant Venturers, Sailors’ petitions for relief from the Society of Merchant Venturers |