Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82330
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Liverpool Hero
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed France, place unspecified
Year constructed 1777
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 239
Standardized tonnage IMP 239
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Begg, William
Hammond, Benjamin
Wilson, Charles
Colley, James Eckley
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of slaves or during slaving
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves perished with ship
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase Popo
Third place of slave purchase Badagry/Apa
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1793
Date voyage began 1792-10-06
Date trade began in Africa 1793-04-16
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Thornborrow, John
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 373
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
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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
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 LR1793: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/584:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T70/1484,42:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T70/1567:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T64/286,34:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
LList, 29 Jan 1793:

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


LList, 18 July 1794:

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