Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 17482
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Gambia
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners Rumsey, James*
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 Gorée
Second place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Third place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place 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 Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1761
Date voyage began 1760-07-09
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1761-08-12
Date vessel departed for homeport 1761-11-06
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 399
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Whyting, Samuel
Thomas, Samuel
Crew at voyage outset 40
Crew at first landing of slaves 19
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 270
Total slaves embarked IMP 270
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 250
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 250
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 20
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources Richardson,III:

Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807, 4 volumes (Bristol, 1986-1997)


LList, 29 Sept 1761:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 20 Oct 1761:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 12 Jan 1762:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)