Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81341
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Experiment
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed London
Year constructed 1789
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 143
Standardized tonnage IMP 143
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Calvert, Anthony
King, Thomas
Camden, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Returned direct to Africa after bringing slaves to the Americas
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 Anomabu
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
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 Africa, port unspecified
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 Other Africa
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1795
Date voyage began 1794-01-14
Date trade began in Africa 1794-06-26
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1795-02-02
Date vessel departed for homeport 1795-04-19
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 384
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Mechan, William
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 238
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 270
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 251
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 251
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 60.6%
Percentage women IMP 32.9%
Percentage boys IMP 4.8%
Percentage girls IMP 1.7%
Percentage male IMP 65.4%
Percentage children IMP 6.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1795: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T64/286,14:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


CO140/89,368:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


T70/1568:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T70/1574:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


PP,1795-6(849),XLII:

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


kg, 31 Jan-7 Feb 1795: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 17 Jan 1794:

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