Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 98840
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Salomon
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 140
Standardized tonnage IMP 140
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
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 Plymouth
First place of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Borburata
Second place of slave landing Rio de la Hacha
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Spanish Circum-Caribbean,unspecified
Place where voyage ended Padstowe
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Second region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1565
Date voyage began 1564-10-18
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1565-04-02
Date vessel departed for homeport 1565-05-04
Date voyage completed 1565-09-20
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Field
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
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 100
Total slaves embarked IMP 100
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 92
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 92
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 8
Mortality rate IMP 8.0%
Source Sources HawkinsVoyages,8-64: Hawkins, John, Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth and James I (London, 1878).
Donnan,I,47-59:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


Lewis,1969:84-94: Lewis, Michael, The Hawkins Dynasty: Three Generations of a Tudor Family (London, 1969).
Kelsey,19-31: Kelsey, Harry, Sir John Hawkins; Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader (New Haven, 2003).