Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 83975 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Vulture | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Prize (taken from French) | |
Year constructed | 1777 | |
Place registered | Liverpool | |
Year registered | 1779 | |
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 315 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 315 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Boats, William | |
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 | 1781 |
Date voyage began | 1781-06-01 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1781-12-01 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1782-02-14 | |
Date voyage completed | 1782-04-04 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 183 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Savage, John |
Crew at voyage outset | 50 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 8 | |
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
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 | 525 | |
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 | 57.9% | |
Percentage children IMP | ||
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | LR1782: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/42,93: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeLList, 8 Feb 1782: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) T70/1547: Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts Lambert,69,III,Appendix,Jamaica: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975). kg, 1-8 Dec 1781: Royal Gazette (Kingston) cc, 15 June 1782: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay) LList, 8 Feb 1782: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 9 Apr 1782: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Williams,253-54: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897). |