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
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 Trade

MMM, C/EX/L/5/6,1805.052: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books