Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91979
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Andromache
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1773
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1773
Rig Brig
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Davenport, William
Lace, Ambrose
Chaffers, Edward
Rowe, William
Fletcher, John
Parker, John
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
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Antonia
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Antonia
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 1774
Date voyage began 1773-05-29
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1774-02-21
Date vessel departed for homeport 1774-04-14
Date voyage completed 1774-06-17
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 268
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Rowe, James Benn
Dugan, Edward
Crew at voyage outset 18
Crew at first landing of slaves 15
Crew deaths during voyage 6
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 260
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 210
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 186
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 186
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 39.8%
Percentage women IMP 33.3%
Percentage boys IMP 12.4%
Percentage girls IMP 14.5%
Percentage male IMP 52.2%
Percentage children IMP 26.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 41.75
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
BT98/34,209:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

BT6/3,125:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

BT6/3,125:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

BT98/34,209:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade