Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 81497 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Fortune | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Spain, place unspecified | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 501 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 501 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Leyland, Thomas Brown, William |
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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 | Congo River | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Congo River | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Nassau | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Nassau | |
Place where voyage ended | Liverpool | |
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
First region of slave landing | Bahamas | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Bahamas | |
Region where voyage ended | England and Wales | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1805 |
Date voyage began | 1805-04-25 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1805-07-16 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1805-12-21 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1806-03-29 | |
Date voyage completed | 1806-05-02 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 240 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 41 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Watt, Charles Bridson, Hugh Kelly, R |
Crew at voyage outset | 67 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 11 | |
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 | ||
Total slaves embarked IMP | 415 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 342 | |
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 | 342 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 56.1% |
Percentage women IMP | 19.6% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 19.9% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 4.4% | |
Percentage male IMP | 76.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 24.3% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | 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 rg, 17 Jan 1806: Royal Gazette and Bahamas Advertiser rg, 1 Apr 1806: Royal Gazette and Bahamas Advertiser Williams,604-07: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897). LR1806: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London). LList, 25 Feb 1806: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) bg, 24 Dec 1805: Bahama Gazette LList, 6 May 1806: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Leyland: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 387 MD 40-44, Leyland papers, vols. 40-44, 59 LList, 12 Nov 1805: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) rg, 24 Dec 1805: Royal Gazette and Bahamas Advertiser BT98/66,168: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeMMM, C/EX/L/5/6,1805.052: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books |