Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 83409 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Rose Hill | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Prize (taken from Spanish) | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Liverpool | |
Year registered | 1783 | |
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 120 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 218 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Ansdell, Robert Sandford, Benjamin Calvert, William Barton, Thomas White, James Wright, John |
|
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Abandoned or condemned for unseaworthiness in the Americas |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
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 | Anomabu | |
Second place of slave purchase | Cape Coast Castle | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Anomabu | |
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 | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
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 | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1784 |
Date voyage began | 1783-04-14 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1784-05-04 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1784-06-25 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 438 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 52 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Townsend, Richard McQuoid, Samuel |
Crew at voyage outset | 31 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 5 | |
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 450 |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 400 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 400 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 370 | |
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 | 370 | |
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 | 30 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 7.0% | |
Source | Sources | LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/45,51: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeT70/1549: British National Archives (Kew) T70/1550: British National Archives (Kew) CO142/19: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) kg, 19-26 June 1784: Royal Gazette (Kingston) cc, 3 July 1784: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay) cc, 14 Aug 1784: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay) LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992). LList, 18 Jan 1785: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) |