Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82739
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Minerva
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Nova Scotia
Year constructed 1792
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Barque
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 150
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Brackner, Peter Whitfield
Staniforth, Samuel
Staniforth, Charles
Benson, Moses
Staniforth, Thomas
Hinds, Thomas (Jr)
Hinde, Thomas (Sr)
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP French
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Popo
Second place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Cayes (Les)
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Cayes (Les)
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Saint-Domingue
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Saint-Domingue
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1795
Date voyage began 1794-09-30
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1795-06-??
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 Robertson, James
Crew at voyage outset 21
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 250
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 290
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 247
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 247
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 LR1795: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/56,199:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T64/286,41:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


T70/1570:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1571:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1572:

British National Archives (Kew)


kg, 4-11 Aug 1795: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 28 July 1795:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/3,1794.061: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books