Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 77874
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hope
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Poole
Year constructed 1756
Place registered London
Year registered
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 30
Standardized tonnage IMP 56
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Enshaw, Francis
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves embarked, transhipped or no further record
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
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
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Saint John (Antigua)
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
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Antigua
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1766
Date voyage began 1766-04-17
Date trade began in Africa 1766-06-11
Date vessel departed Africa 1766-08-15
Date vessel arrived with slaves
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 Dann, Robert
Crew at voyage outset 8
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 50
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 60
Total slaves embarked IMP 60
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 47
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources ADM7/92:

Admiralty, National Archives (Kew)


BT6/3,166:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO267/1,a24:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


LR1764: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
LList, 18 Apr 1766:

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