Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 75621
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hawke
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered London
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 260
Standardized tonnage IMP 299
Guns mounted 10
Vessel owners Shoolbred
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by United States with slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP US
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
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
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
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 1777
Date voyage began 1776-03-11
Date trade began in Africa 1776-??-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1777-??-??
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 Cleiland, George
Mill
Crew at voyage outset 53
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 500
Total slaves embarked IMP 500
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 454
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 454
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 46
Mortality rate IMP 9.2%
Source Sources McBurney:

Christian McBurney, Dark Voyage: An American Privateer's War on Britain's African Slave Trade (Yardley, PA, 2022)


T70/32,p.43:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,III,319:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


T70/1541:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1534,Departures from CCC and Annamaboe:

British National Archives (Kew)


ADM7/100:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


BT6/3,186:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LList, 12 Mar 1776:

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


LList, 24 June 1777:

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