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 Trade

T70/1549:

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)