Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91219
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dalrymple
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (taken from French)
Year constructed 1757
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1765
Rig Ship
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Davenport, William
Earl, William
Black, Patrick
Jennings, Robert
Jenkinson, William
Berry, James
Kelly, Thomas
Lace, Ambrose
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 Calabar
Second place of slave purchase New Calabar
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Antigua, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Saint John (Antigua)
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 Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Antigua
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Antigua
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1767
Date voyage began 1766-06-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1767-04-25
Date vessel departed for homeport 1767-06-10
Date voyage completed 1767-07-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 326
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Allason, Alex
Crew at voyage outset 35
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 400
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 383
Total slaves embarked IMP 383
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 323
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 310
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 333
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 34.8%
Percentage women IMP 28.1%
Percentage boys IMP 20.0%
Percentage girls IMP 17.1%
Percentage male IMP 54.8%
Percentage children IMP 37.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 50
Mortality rate IMP 13.0%
Source Sources LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
DTA: University of Keele, Archives (Keele, UK) Raymond Richards Collection, Davies-Davenport Papers
LR1764: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
Lambert,73,133: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).