Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80620
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Boyne
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Philadelphia
Year constructed 1779
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 205
Standardized tonnage IMP 205
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Willock, Alexander
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Antigua, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Saint John (Antigua)
Place where voyage ended London
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
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Antigua
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Antigua
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1789
Date voyage began 1788-02-08
Date trade began in Africa 1788-06-21
Date vessel departed Africa 1789-04-03
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1789-05-??
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 Hay, John
Crew at voyage outset
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 330
Total slaves embarked IMP 330
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 311
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 311
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 57.9%
Percentage women IMP 27.0%
Percentage boys IMP 7.7%
Percentage girls IMP 7.4%
Percentage male IMP 65.6%
Percentage children IMP 15.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 19
Mortality rate IMP 6.0%
Source Sources LR1789: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1556:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1559:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1792(766-7),XXXV:

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, 12 Feb 1788:

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


LList, 17 July 1789:

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