| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Malvina |
| Namesake | Malvina |
| Launched | 1796 |
| Fate | Captured 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 135, [1] or 137, [2] or 145 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 20 [1] |
| Armament |
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Malvina was launched in 1796 in the United States. She first appeared in British on-line sources in 1800 as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons between May 1803 and late 1804, when she was captured.
Malvina, Christie, master, had arrived in the Clyde on 31 July 1800 from Charleston. [3]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Notes & Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | Christie | M'Neil | Greenock–Jamaica | LR |
| 1801 | B. Christie | M'Neil & Co. | Greenock–Jamaica | Register of Shipping (RS) |
| 1801 | V. Christie J.Carr | M'Neil Wilson | Greenock–Jamaica London–Africa | LR |
| 1802 | J.Carr | J.Wilson | London–Africa | RS |
| 1802 | J.Carr | J.Wilson | London–Africa | LR America |
| 1803 | J.Carr J. Watts | J.Wilson | London–Africa | LR |
In January 1803 Lloyd's List reported that Malvina, Car, master, was at Goree.
Captain James Watt(s) acquired a letter of marque on 30 May 1803. [1] He sailed from London 14 June 1803. Malvina arrived at Surinam in June 1804. She had embarked 273 slaves and disembarked 250.
Tracing Malvina's subsequent history becomes difficult.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Notes & Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804 | J. Watts | T. Wilson | London–Africa | LR |
| 1804 | J. Watts | J.Wilson | London–Africa | RS; Captured |
The database on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade reports that Malvina left Suriname on 19 July and arrived back at London on 25 September 1804 with Kavannah, master. [2] However, Malvina, Kavanagh, master, appears to have been a vessel of 353 tons (bm), launched at the British "Plantations" (colonies), in 1801. The volume of the Register of Shipping for 1806 showed her with Humble, owner, and having sailed between London and Suriname. [4]
The volume of the Register of Shipping for 1804 carried the annotation "Captured" by the name of Malvina, Watts, master. [5]
A French privateer captured a Malvina, Carr, master, on 2 December 1803, near Scilly as Malvina was on her way from Savannah to London. The privateer sent her into Saint-Malo. [6] [7] By one report the privateer was Braave, of Saint-Malo, and she sent her prize into Nantes. [8] This capture took place before Malvina, Watts, master, arrived in Suriname. The Malvina, Carr, master, that had been captured was probably the Malvina of 246 tons (bm), launched in Maryland in 1790. The volume of LR for 1804 showed her with H.Dawson, master, J.Murray, owner, and trade Liverpool–Savannah. [9] The discrepancy in the masters' names is not ideal, but not definitive as the registers often carried stale or inaccurate data.
LR continued to carry Malvina, Watts, master, until 1809 with data unchanged since 1804.
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Crescent was launched at Rotherhithe in 1790. She initially traded with the Levant, particularly Smyrna. After the outbreak of war with France she may have tried her hand as a privateer. In 1796–1798 she made a voyage to the East Indies, almost surely on behalf of the British East India Company (EIC). A French privateer captured her but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. In 1802-1804 she made one voyage as a slave ship carrying slaves from West Africa to Jamaica. In 1805 she became a whaler. She was lost in 1807 off Patagonia while homeward bound from her first whaling voyage.
Norfolk was built in France in 1784 under a different name. The British captured her c. 1800 and she made some voyages as a West Indiaman. She also made a cruise as a privateer. Between 1803 and 1808 she served the Royal Navy as an armed defense and hired armed ship on the Leith Station. She spent her time escorting convoys in the North Sea and captured one French privateer. After her naval service, between 1808 and 1814 Norfolk was a London-based transport. From 1814 to 1820 she made four voyages as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She was last listed in 1823.
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 before a Spanish privateer captured her in 1805. On her fifth voyage Sarah had captured two French slave ships at Loango.
John was launched in the Netherlands in 1785, probably under another name. The British captured her in 1797. The new owners gave her the name John, and she became a merchantman. Between 1800 and 1804 she made three voyages as a slave ship. She then became a trader and transport again until a French privateer captured and burnt her in 1809.
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 in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She foundered off Bermuda in 1803 after having disembarked her 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.
Aurora was launched at Chester in 1793 as a West Indiaman. During her career first the French (twice) and then the United States captured her, but she returned to British hands. Between 1801 and 1808 she made four voyages as a slave ship. She continued to trade widely until 1831.
Angola was launched in 1799 at Lancaster. She became a Liverpool-based slave ship that had made four voyages carrying captives 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.
Regulus was built in Spain. The British captured her in 1797. She spent her career trading to the Cape of Good Hope, and West Africa, but was not a slave ship. She was briefly a privateer. She was broken up in 1806.
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.
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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.
Westmoreland was launched in Yarmouth in 1783. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two voyages as a slave ship. A French privateer captured her during her second voyage but the Royal Navy recaptured her and she completed her voyage. The registers continued to carry her for a few years but with stale data; she actually made a voyage in 1805 to Demerara. On her way a privateer captured her.
Thames was launched at Southampton in 1790. Until 1798 she sailed across the Atlantic, trading primarily with The Bahamas. She then became a slave ship, making seven slave trading voyages. After the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, Thames returned to trading with the West Indies. A French privateer captured Thames on 17 July 1811 and burnt her.
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 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.
Dick was a French vessel built in Spain, almost certainly sailing under another name, that the British captured circa 1798. She made a voyage to the West Indies during which she repelled two attacks, and captured three prizes. She then became a slave ship that made three slave-trading voyages. Her first voyage was cut short when a French privateer captured her and the Royal Navy recaptured her. She then made two complete voyages. After her return in 1803 from her third voyage she became a West Indiaman. She grounded in 1804 after another vessel had run into her. She was last listed in 1809.
Atalanta was built in Bermuda in 1799. She sailed to London and then between 1800 and 1802 she made two complete voyages as a slave ship. New owners sailed her as a West Indiaman. She suffered a minor maritime incident in 1803. A French privateer captured her in 1804.
Sir William Douglas was a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people, acquired by British interests in 1801. She made one complete slave-trading voyage and was captured in 1803 after having delivered slaves on her second voyage.
Laurel was launched in 1790. She first appeared in online British sources in 1802. She made one voyage from Liverpool as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. On her return to Liverpool she became a privateer, but was captured in June 1803 after having herself captured a French merchant vessel.