| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Dart |
| Builder | Dartmouth |
| Launched | 1799 |
| Fate | Wrecked 14 July 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 151 [1] (bm) |
| Complement | 20 [1] |
| Armament | 12 × 6-pounder guns [1] |
Dart was launched at Dartmouth in 1799. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two complete voyages from Liverpool as a slave ship. She wrecked in 1804 early in the outward bound leg of her third slave voyage.
Dart first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1799 | Crosby | Lake & Co. | Dartmouth–Liverpool | LR |
1st slave trading voyage (1800–1801): Captain James Martin acquired a letter of marque on 6 May 1800. [1] He sailed from Liverpool on 24 June 1800, bound for West Africa. [3] Dart, [Edward] Crosby master, was reported to have arrived in Africa. Dart acquired some slaves at Cape Coast Castle, but the principal place where she purchased slaves was Lagos Onim. After having acquired her slaves, Dart stopped in at Prince's Island. She arrived at Demerara on 30 May 1801 with 190 slaves. She sailed from Demerara on 30 July and arrived back at Liverpool on 20 September. She had left Liverpool with 33 crew members and she had suffered seven crew deaths on the voyage. [3]
2nd slave trading voyage (1802–1804): On this voyage Edward Crosby was her first master. He was replaced at some point by Thomas Curry, who in turn was replaced by Christopher Eskildon. Dart sailed from Liverpool on 6 January 1802. She purchased slaves at Lagos Onim; after having acquired her slaves, Dart stopped in at Prince's Island. She arrived at Demerara on 26 November 1802 with 190 slaves. She arrived back at Liverpool on 2 February 1804. She had left Liverpool with 21 Crew members and had suffered seven crew deaths on the voyage. [4]
Captain Thomas Bolland sailed from Liverpool on 21 June 1804, bound for West Africa. [5] Lloyd's List reported that Dart, Boland, master, had been totally lost on 14 July off Cape Bajadore. Her crew was saved. [6]
Lord Nelson made five voyages carrying slaves from West Africa to the West Indies. A French naval squadron captured her off Sierra Leone on her sixth voyage, before she had embarked any slaves.
Sarah was launched in Spain in 1791, presumably under another name. The British captured her c.1798. She made five voyages as a slave ship before a Spanish privateer captured her in 1805. On her fourth voyage Sarah had captured a French ship.
Ceres was launched in France in 1784. The British captured her circa 1800 and sold her as a prize. Once under British ownership she sailed to the Mediterranean, but in 1801 she started sailing in the slave trade. She made four voyages as a slave ship, gathering slaves in West Africa and delivering them to the West Indies. After the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 she became a West Indiaman, and then an East Indiaman. She was last listed in 1822.
Windsor Castle was launched at Whitby in 1783. Initially she was primarily a West Indiaman. Then from 1797 she made five voyages as a slave ship and foundered off Bermuda in 1803 after having disembarked her slaves.
Horatio was launched in 1800 at Liverpool. She made four voyages as a slave ship, during two of which she was captured and recaptured. Shortly before the British slave trade ended she left the slave trade and sailed between Britain and South America and as a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in 1817.
Aurora was launched at Philadelphia in 1779. She did not appear in British registers until 1800. She then made five voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was damaged and condemned at Jamaica in 1807 after having landed her slaves from her fifth voyage.
Angola was launched in 1799 at Lancaster. She became a Liverpool-based slave ship that had made four voyages carrying slaves from West Africa to the West Indies. The French had captured her in 1804 on her fifth voyage. Her captors renamed her Tigre, but the Royal Navy recaptured her late in 1804.
Goodrich was a schooner launched in Liverpool in 1799. She made seven voyages as a slave ship between 1799 and 1807, two of them while being owned by Americans. After the Slave Trade Act 1807 ended the British slave trade she became a merchantman. A French privateer captured her in June or July 1808.
Bolton was launched at Liverpool in 1792. She then made 10 voyages as a slave ship. During her career she repelled one attack by a French privateer, was captured on a later voyage by another before being recaptured by the Royal Navy, and then was captured on her tenth voyage by yet another privateer after Bolton had gathered her slaves but before she was able to deliver them to the West Indies.
Alexander was launched in France or Spain in 1797, probably under another name, and taken in prize circa 1799, when she was lengthened and raised. She was registered at Liverpool in 1801 and proceeded to make six voyages as a slave ship. She then sailed to Brazil and the West Indies and was last listed in 1809.
William Heathcote was launched in Liverpool in 1800. She made one voyage as a slave ship before a French privateer captured her in a single-ship action, and the British Royal Navy recaptured her. She became a West Indiaman before she made a second slave trading voyage, one of the last such legal voyages. She then became a West Indiaman again, and sailed to Brazil and as a transport. She was wrecked in July 1816.
Nimble was built in Folkestone in 1781, possibly under another name. In 1786 Nimble was almost rebuilt and lengthened. Between 1786 and 1798 she made nine voyages as a whaler in the British Southern Whale Fishery. Between 1799 and 1804 she made four voyages from Liverpool as a slave ship. She was sold in 1804 at St Thomas after she had delivered her slaves.
Ellis was a French prize, captured in 1797, possibly built that year also. Liverpool merchants purchased her. She made five complete voyages as a slave ship, carrying slaves from West Africa to the British West Indies. She was lost at sea on 23 April 1806 on her sixth voyage before she could take on any slaves.
Princess Royal was launched in New York in 1799 or 1800, almost certainly under another name. She first appeared in British records in 1802. between 1803 and 1808 she made four voyages as a Liverpool-based slave ship. After the end of British participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade she became a merchantman. She was last listed in 1816.
John was launched in France in 1793, almost certainly under another name, and was taken in prize. She started trading as a West Indiaman, but then became a slave ship, making six complete voyages. She was lost in late 1806 on her seventh voyage. The slaves she was carrying were landed safely.
Columbus was launched at Southampton in 1793. At first she was a West Indiaman. Then from 1799 on she made six complete voyages as a slave ship, and was condemned at Barbados in 1807 after she had delivered her slaves on her seventh voyage.
Expedition was launched in 1763, almost certainly under another name. She entered the registers as Expedition in 1795. Between 1799 and 1807 she made seven voyages as a Liverpool-based slave ship. She was condemned as unseaworthy at Antigua in early 1808 after disembarking at Jamaica the slaves from her seventh voyage.
Beaver was launched in 1796 at Liverpool. She made seven complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. She was captured and retaken once, in 1804, and captured a second time in 1807, during her eighth voyage.
Active was built in Chester in 1781. Initially, she traded with the Baltic and North America. From 1798 she made four complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. A privateer captured her on 1 September 1805 during her fifth slave voyage, after she had embarked her slaves, and took her into the River Plate.
Princess Amelia was launched in 1798 at Liverpool. She made eight complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. After the end of British participation in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, she became a merchantman. She was probably the Princess Amelia, from Liverpool, lost in 1810.