Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81913
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Iris
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1783
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1787
Rig Ship
Tonnage 268
Standardized tonnage IMP 268
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Galley, John
Pickop, Thomas
Potter, Peter
Bromfield, Charles
Cobham, Elijah
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 Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Montego Bay
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Montego Bay
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1788
Date voyage began 1787-03-20
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1788-09-05
Date vessel departed for homeport 1788-11-24
Date voyage completed 1789-02-05
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 535
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Potter, Peter
Crew at voyage outset 42
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 10
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 500
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 462
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 423
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 423
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1789: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/49,67:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LivRO,942HOL(10),481: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
Add.mss,38416,ff.1-2:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


PP,1789(631),XXIV:

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


cc, 6 Sept 1788: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
cc, 13 Sept 1788: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
AnteraDuke,58-64: Forde, Daryll, Efik Traders of Old Calabar: Containing the Diary of Antera Duke (London, 1956).
craig,62: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 6 Sept 1788:

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


LList, 14 Oct 1788:

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