Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81372
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Fame
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Asia, port unspecified
Year constructed 1787
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 396
Standardized tonnage IMP 396
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Neilson, William
Heathcote, William
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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Rio Pongo
Second place of slave purchase Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Third place of slave purchase Gallinhas
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Demerara
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Demerara
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing British Guiana
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP British Guiana
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1804
Date voyage began 1803-11-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1804-02-15
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1804-04-14
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1804-09-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 150
Middle passage (days) IMP 59
Captain and Crew Captain's name Davidson, Richard
Crew at voyage outset 49
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 7
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 340
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 338
Total slaves embarked IMP 338
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 315
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 315
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 23
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources LR1804: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/64,414:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1580:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


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


edg, 14 Apr 1804: Essequebo and Demerary Gazette (Demerary Gazette)
LList, 25 Sept 1804:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/3,1795.026: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books