Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80327
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Apollo
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Bermuda
Year constructed 1798
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 136
Standardized tonnage IMP 136
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Brade, William
Brade, James
Smith, William
Hadon, Richard
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by the French - after slaves disembarked
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP French
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase New Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP New Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Dominica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Dominica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Dominica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dominica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1805
Date voyage began 1804-07-31
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1805-01-22
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 175
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Cummins, John
Crew at voyage outset 26
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 3
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 171
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 184
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 169
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 169
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 LR1805: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/65,332:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

ADM7/375:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.2:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.6:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


LList, 25 Jan 1805:

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


LList, 8 Mar 1805:

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


LList, 7 May 1805:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/5,1803.138: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books