Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 91576 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Hector | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Philadelphia | |
Year constructed | 1763 | |
Place registered | Liverpool | |
Year registered | 1769 | |
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 150 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 272 | |
Guns mounted | 8 | |
Vessel owners | Davenport, William Lace, Ambrose Washington, John Chaffers, Edward Trafford, Henry Rowe, William Parke, Nonus |
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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 | Calabar | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Calabar | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Dominica, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Dominica, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
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 | Dominica | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Dominica | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1777 |
Date voyage began | 1776-04-?? | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1777-05-21 | |
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 | Griffith, W Sime, John Baillie, John |
Crew at voyage outset | 40 | |
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 | ||
Total slaves embarked IMP | 262 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 216 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 216 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 43.5% |
Percentage women IMP | 32.4% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 13.0% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 11.1% | |
Percentage male IMP | 56.5% | |
Percentage children IMP | 24.1% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | Huntington,HM82854: Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, USA) LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992). MMM,D/DAV,Accts,Hector: Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool, UK) D/DAV, William Davenport Archives, 1747-1794 LList, 3 May 1776: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LR1776: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London). BT98/37,298: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeDTA: University of Keele, Archives (Keele, UK) Raymond Richards Collection, Davies-Davenport Papers LList, 27 June 1777: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 7 May 1776: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) BT6/3,129v: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of Trade |