Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91892
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name King of Prussia
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1758
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1772
Rig Ship
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Staniforth, Thomas
Nottingham, Alex
Taylor, Joseph
Doran, Felix
Pole, William
Martin, Charles
Davenport, William
Watts, George Warren
Case, Thomas
Case, Clayton
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 Cameroons
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cameroons
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Grenada, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Grenada, place unspecified
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 Grenada
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Grenada
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1773
Date voyage began 1772-08-12
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1773-05-05
Date vessel departed for homeport 1773-05-29
Date voyage completed 1773-07-09
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 266
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Richardson, Samuel
Crew at voyage outset 21
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 5
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 200
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 275
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 224
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 224
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 54.0%
Percentage women IMP 19.6%
Percentage boys IMP 10.7%
Percentage girls IMP 15.6%
Percentage male IMP 64.7%
Percentage children IMP 26.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 46.04
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
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
LList, 29 June 1773:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 16 July 1773:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


BT6/3,123v:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

BT98/33,183:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade