| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 30497 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Mercure | |
| Flag | France | |
| Flag IMP | France | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | ||
| Tonnage | 150 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 272 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Darèche, Jean (le Jeune) | |
| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by British - after disembarkation |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | British | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
| African resistance | Slave insurrection | |
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Nantes |
| First place of slave purchase | Bight of Benin, place unspecified | |
| Second place of slave purchase | Whydah, Ouidah | |
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Whydah, Ouidah | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | Princes Island | |
| 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 | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | France | |
| First region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
| Second region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
| 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 | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1744 |
| Date voyage began | 1743-12-08 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | 1744-01-10 | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1744-11-26 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | 1745-02-21 | |
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 354 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Armés, Yves |
| Crew at voyage outset | 44 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | 3 | |
| 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 | 500 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 500 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 416 | |
| 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 | 416 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 27.2% |
| Percentage women IMP | 40.1% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 13.5% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 19.2% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 40.6% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 32.7% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 84 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 17.0% | |
| Source | Sources | mettas,I: Mettas, Jean, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises au XVIIIe Siècle; Tome 1, Nantes (Paris, 1978); Tome 2, Ports Autres que Nantes (Paris, 1984), édité par Serge et Michelle Daget. |