Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80975
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Defiance
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Hamburg
Year constructed 1790
Place registered Whitehaven
Year registered 1795
Rig Ship
Tonnage 267
Standardized tonnage IMP 267
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Mallet, Peter
Mallet, Thomas
Parry
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 Cape Lahou
Second place of slave purchase Keta
Third place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1798
Date voyage began 1797-10-05
Date trade began in Africa 1797-11-30
Date vessel departed Africa 1798-04-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1798-05-11
Date vessel departed for homeport 1798-06-23
Date voyage completed 1798-08-14
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 218
Middle passage (days) IMP 40
Captain and Crew Captain's name Kimber, 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 401
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 409
Total slaves embarked IMP 409
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 408
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 408
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 62.6%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 1
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1798: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
CO33/21,21,24:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.1:

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,1801-2(88),IV,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


HLRO,MP,HL,undated(1798),no.27: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.07.01: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
LList, 6 Oct 1797:

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


LList, 6 July 1798:

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


LList, 17 Aug 1798:

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