Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76371
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sherborough Gally
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 170
Standardized tonnage IMP 123
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Royal African Company
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 London
First place of slave purchase Bance/Bunce Island
Second place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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 England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1721
Date voyage began 1721-02-07
Date trade began in Africa 1721-03-29
Date vessel departed Africa 1721-09-24
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1721-11-12
Date vessel departed for homeport 1722-01-18
Date voyage completed 1722-03-29
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 278
Middle passage (days) IMP 49
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hardy, Edward
Tingcomb, Abraham
Crew at voyage outset 28
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 260
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 231
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 231
Total slaves embarked IMP 231
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 184
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 184
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 71.0%
Percentage women IMP 19.9%
Percentage boys IMP 6.5%
Percentage girls IMP 2.6%
Percentage male IMP 77.5%
Percentage children IMP 9.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 47
Mortality rate IMP 20.0%
Source Sources CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO142/14,110:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO388/25,376,379:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Galenson,164: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986).
Donnan,II,285:

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


T70/4,15:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/7,27:

British National Archives (Kew)