| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 82360 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Bellona | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | Liverpool | |
| Year constructed | 1775 | |
| Place registered | Liverpool | |
| Year registered | 1783 | |
| Rig | Ship | |
| Tonnage | 150 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 272 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Earle, Thomas Hodgson, Thomas Earle, William (Jr) Wilding, Richard Parke, Thomas Heywood, Benjamin Arthur Holland, Francis |
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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 | Bonny | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Bonny | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Kingston | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Kingston | |
| 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 | 1784 |
| Date voyage began | 1783-06-19 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1784-02-06 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | 1784-03-22 | |
| Date voyage completed | 1784-05-09 | |
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 232 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Holland, Francis |
| Crew at voyage outset | 43 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | 5 | |
| Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 550 |
| 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 | 573 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 525 | |
| 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 | 525 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | |
| Percentage women IMP | ||
| Percentage boys IMP | ||
| Percentage girls IMP | ||
| Percentage male IMP | 54.9% | |
| Percentage children IMP | ||
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
| Mortality rate IMP | ||
| Source | Sources | LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/44,104: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeT70/1549: Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts CO142/19: Colonial Office, National Archives (UK) kg, 7-14 Feb 1784: Royal Gazette (Kingston) cc, 14 Feb 1784: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay) Lambert,69,III,Appendix,Jamaica: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975). LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992). LList, 19 Mar 1784: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 6 Apr 1784: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 14 May 1784: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) |