| History | |
|---|---|
 Spain | |
| Launched | 1789 |
| Captured | 1799 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Rosalind |
| Owner | |
| Acquired | 1799 by purchase of a prize |
| Fate | Captured c.1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 218 [2] bm |
| Complement | |
| Armament | |
Rosalind was launched in 1789 in Spain and taken in prize in 1799. She made three voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. A French privateer captured her in 1804 while she was on her fourth slave trading voyages.
Rosalind entered Lloyd's Register in 1799 with B. Cuite, master, Chamley & Co., owners, and trade Liverpool–Africa. [3] Captain Benjamin Cuite acquired a letter of marque on 6 July 1799. [2]
Voyage #1 (1799–1800): Captain Cuite sailed from Liverpool on 31 July 1799. Rosalind gathered her captives at New Calabar, and landed them on 2 February 1800 at Trinidad. She may have landed embarked some 360 captives. She left Trinidad on 31 March and arrived back at Liverpool on 17 May. She had left with 40 crew members and suffered three crew deaths on her voyage. [1]
Voyage #2 (1799–1800): Captain Cuite sailed from Liverpool on 25 October 1800. Rosalind gathered her captives at New Calabar, and landed them on 6 June 1801 at Trinidad. She may have landed some 279 slaves. She left Trinidad on 18 July and arrived back at Liverpool on 20 September. She had left with 33 crew members and suffered eight crew deaths on her voyage. [1]
Voyage #3 (1802–1803): Captain Cuite sailed from Liverpool on 29 April 1802. Rosalind gathered her slaves at Calabar, and landed them on 30 December at Saint Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands. She landed some 241 slaves. She left St Thomas on 9 February 1803 and arrived back at Liverpool on 2 April. She had left with 29 crew members and suffered two crew deaths on her voyage. [1]
Captain James Brown acquired a letter of marque on 23 May 1803. [2]
Voyage #4 (1803–loss): Captain Brown sailed from Liverpool on 1 July 1803 with 39 crew members. [1]
Lloyd's List reported on 27 September 1803 that Loyalist, Walton, master, had been sailing from Batavia to Amsterdam when Rosalind, of Liverpool, Brown, master, captured her and sent her into Bantry Bay. [4]
By late 1803 Rosalind, Brown, master, was at Old Calabar.
Lloyd's List reported on 16 March 1804 that Rosalind, Brown, master, had been taken and sent into Guadeloupe. She had been sailing from Africa to Antigua. [5]
In 1804, 30 British slave ships were lost. Fifteen were lost in the Middle Passage, in the voyage between the African coast and the West Indies. [6] During the period 1793 to 1807, war, rather than maritime hazards or slave resistance was the greatest cause of vessel losses among British slave vessels. [7]
HMS Duguay-Trouin was an 18-gun French privateer sloop launched in 1779 at Le Havre. Surprise captured her in 1780 and the British Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. It sold Duguay-Trouin on 30 October 1783. She then became the West Indiaman Christopher. She captured several French merchant vessels. Later she became a slave ship, making five voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was lost at Charleston in September 1804 in a hurricane.
Lord Nelson was launched in 1798 at Liverpool and subsequently made five voyages carrying slaves from West Africa to the West Indies in the triangular trade in enslaved people. On her first voyage she helped suppress a slave revolt on another slave ship. This gave rise to an interesting case in salvage money A French naval squadron captured her off Sierra Leone on her sixth voyage, before she had embarked any slaves.
Otter was launched at Liverpool in 1797, initially as a West Indiaman. She made seven voyages as a slave ship and was lost in 1807 on her way back to Britain from her seventh slave voyage.
Sarah was launched at Liverpool in 1797. She then made six voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade carrying enslaved people from West Africa to the West Indies. A French privateer captured Sarah in 1804 in a single-ship action on her seventh voyage after Sarah had gathered her slaves but before she could deliver them to the West Indies.
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.
Sarah was launched at Liverpool in 1803. She made a short voyage as a privateer during which she captured a valuable prize. She then made two voyages as a slave ship. A French naval squadron captured her early in her third slaving voyage.
Governor Dowdeswell was launched in 1798 in Spain or France under another name. The British captured her in 1800. New owners in Liverpool renamed her and employed her as a slave ship for five slave trading voyages. With the end of the British slave trade, new owners employed her as a whaler. She made one complete whaling voyage but was captured during her second whaling voyage.
Hannah was built at Liverpool in 1797. She made three voyages as a slave ship and one as a whaler. Next, she became a West Indiaman and was lost in 1811.
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 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.
Vanguard was launched in Liverpool in 1799. She made four voyages as a slave ship. After the outlawing of the British slave trade she became a West Indiaman. A French privateer captured her in March 1809.
Vulture was built in France 1777 and captured. By early 1779 she was sailing as a privateer out of Liverpool. She then became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made 10 voyages as slaver and was captured in 1795 on her 11th such voyage.
Martha was launched in 1788 in Liverpool. She made eleven voyages as a slave ship, carrying slaves from West Africa to the West Indies. On her fourth voyage, she and five other vessels bombarded Calabar for more than three hours to force the local native traders to lower the prices they were charging for slaves. After her last slave trading voyage in 1803, Martha became a West Indiaman. She was wrecked circa October 1806.
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.
John was launched at Newnham in 1779, possibly under another name. Between 1786 and 1798 she traded as a West Indiaman. Then she made three voyages as a slave ship, being captured on her third as she was delivering slaves to the West Indies.
Hector was launched at Bristol in 1781 as a West Indiaman. A new owner in 1802 sailed Hector as a slave ship. She made one complete voyage as a slave ship before a French privateer captured her on her second slave voyage after Hector had disembarked her slaves.
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.
Bacchus was launched in 1775 at Bristol, almost surely under another name. She first appeared in online records as Bacchus in 1786, sailing as a West Indiaman. From 1799 to 1807 she was a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was condemned in 1807 at Trinidad after she had delivered the slaves she had gathered on her fifth slave voyage.
Louisa was launched in France in 1794, probably under another name. She was taken in prize and between 1798 and 1804 she made five complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was lost in 1804 on the coast of Africa on her sixth voyage.
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