| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Goodrich |
| Builder | Bermuda |
| Launched | 1793 |
| Fate | Wrecked 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 120, [1] or 126 [2] (bm) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | |
| Armament | |
Goodrich was a brig launched in Bermuda in 1793. She made three voyages between 1795 and 1799as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then became a general merchantman and was wrecked in 1808.
Goodrich first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1795 with Holmes, master, R.Fisher, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa. [1]
Captain Joseph Peers sailed from Liverpool on 14 December 1795. He acquired captives at Gambia and arrived at Demerara on 16 November 1796. Goodrich sailed from Demerara on 26 January 1797 and arrived back at Liverpool on 15 March. She had left Liverpool with 15 crew members and she suffered 10 crew deaths on the voyage. [3]
The Slave Trade Act 1788 (Dolben's Act) was the first British legislation passed to regulate slave shipping. The Act limited the number of enslaved people that British enslaving ships were permitted to transport without penalty, based on the ships' tons burthen. At a burthen of 126 tons, the cap would have been 210 captives.
Captain Peers sailed from Liverpool on 9 November 1796. He started acquiring captives in Gambia on 16 December, and sailed from Africa on 12 February 1798. On 6 March Goodrich arrived at Demerara with 178 captives. She left Demerara on 9 May and arrived back at Liverpool on 29 June. She had left Liverpool with 21 crew members and she had suffered four crew deaths on the voyage. [4] Captain Peers next captained a different Goodrich on two enslaving voyages (1799, and 1799–1800).
Captain Henry Kennedy sailed from Liverpool on 29 October 1798. He acquired captives in Angola. [5] Goodrich arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 25 June 1799 with 209 captives. She left Kingston on 22 July and arrived back at Liverpool on 3 October. She had left Liverpool with 28 crew members and she suffered 17 crew deaths on the voyage. [6]
On her return her owners sold Goodrich and she became a general merchantman.
Captain Thomas Richardson acquired a letter of marque on 15 April 1800, and Captain William Rogerson acquired one on 13 February 1801. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | Kennedy Richardson | Clarke Humble & Co. | Liverpool–Africa Liverpool–Leghorn | Register of Shipping [7] |
| 1801 | Richardson Rogerson | Humble | Liverpool–Leghorn London–Smyrna | RS [8] |
| 1802 | W.Rogerson J.Mears | Humble Spurrier | London–Smyrna Portsmouth–Newfoundland | LR |
In September 1803 Lloyd's List reported that a French privateer had captured Goodrich, Mears, master, as Goodrich was sailing from Charleston to Liverpool. The privateer Vigilant, of Guernsey, had recaptured Goodrich and taken her into Guernsey. [9] [lower-alpha 1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807 | J.Mears R.Daw | W.Spurrier | Portsmouth–Newfoundland | LR; good repair 1802 |
Lloyd's List (LL) reported in January 1808 that Goodrich, Daw, master, had been wrecked on the Irish coast. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Poole, Dorset. [12]
Eliza was launched in America in 1780 and taken in prize in 1782. She entered the Liverpool registry in 1783, 1786, and again in 1792. She made nine voyages as a Liverpool-based slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was lost in an explosion on her tenth voyage after she had already embarked her captives. All the captives died, as did her captain and most of her crew. The explosion occurred during a single ship action on 17 December 1797, with a French privateer.
Sarah was launched in Spain in 1791, presumably under another name. The British captured her c.1798. She made five voyages as a Liverpool-based slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people before a Spanish privateer captured her in 1805 on her sixth voyage. On her fifth voyage Sarah had captured two French slave ships at Loango.
Hannah was built at Liverpool in 1797. She made three voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then made one voyage as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. Next, she became a West Indiaman and was lost in 1811.
Minerva was launched in 1795 at Lancaster as a West Indiaman. In 1801 she was captured but immediately recaptured. Between 1802 and 1808 she made five voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was last listed in 1816.
Ariadne was built in 1795 at Newbury, Massachusetts, probably under another name. She in 1801 became a Liverpool-based slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made two voyages transporting enslaved people before a French, and later a Dutch privateer, captured her in 1804 while she was acquiring captives on her third voyage. However, a Liverpool-based vessel recaptured her. Then in 1806, a French privateer captured her and took her into Guadeloupe while Ariadne was on her fourth voyage transporting captives.
Horatio was launched in 1800 at Liverpool. She made four voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. During two of these voyages 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.
King George was a French ship that the British captured circa 1797. Her new owners renamed her and employed her as a Liverpool-based slave ship. She made three complete voyages in the triangular trade, transporting enslaved peoples from Africa to the West Indies. She was lost on her fourth voyage in February 1803 as she returned to Liverpool after having delivered captives to Havana.
Defiance was launched in Hamburg in 1790, probably under another name. She started sailing out of London in 1795 as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made three voyages as a slave ship between 1795 and 1800. She then left that trade but a French privateer captured her late in 1800.
Goodrich was a schooner launched in Liverpool in 1799. Between 1799 and 1807, she made seven voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people, two of them while being owned by Americans. After the Slave Trade Act 1807 ended the British slave trade she became a merchantman sailing from Guernsey. A French privateer captured her in July 1808.
Fame was launched in India in 1786. She was sold to Portuguese owners. A French privateer captured but the Royal Navy recaptured her in 1794. She then became a West Indiaman, sailing from Liverpool. Between 1796 and 1804 she made three voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then returned to the West Indies trade. From 1818 on she was a whaler in the Greenland whale fishery, sailing from Whitby and then Hull. She burnt in 1823 while outward bound on a whaling voyage.
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 in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then sailed to Brazil and the West Indies and was last listed in 1809.
Ellis was a French prize, captured in 1797, and possibly built in that year also. Liverpool merchants purchased her. She made five complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade carrying enslaved people 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 captives.
Hector was launched at Bristol in 1781 as a West Indiaman. A new owner in 1802 sailed Hector as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made one complete voyage transporting enslaved people before a French privateer captured her on her second such voyage after Hector had disembarked her captives.
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 in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was condemned as unseaworthy at Antigua in early 1808, after having earlier disembarked at Jamaica the captives from her seventh voyage.
Frances was built in India or the East Indies circa 1795, possibly under another name, and entered British records in 1803. Between 1803 and 1807 she made three voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. After the end of British participation in the slave trade in 1807, Frances started trading with Spain and the West Indies. She was wrecked in January 1809.
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.
Princess Amelia was launched in 1798 at Liverpool. She made eight complete voyages as a Liverpool-based 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, that was lost in 1810.
Elizabeth was launched at Liverpool in 1798. She made five complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Spanish privateers captured her in 1805 while she was on her sixth voyage after she had embarked enslaved people and took her into Montevideo.
Nelly was launched at Liverpool in 1798. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman. From 1803 she made two complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Spanish privateers captured her in 1805 while she was on her third voyage after she had embarked captives.
Aeolus was built in Liverpool. Between 1787 and 1806 she made 13 voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. On one voyage she repelled an attack by a French privateer in a single ship action. She was last listed in 1808.