Amphitrite (1789 ship)

Amphitrite's origins are obscure. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1789. Her entry notes that she had been almost rebuilt in 1783 and had undergone a good repair in 1788, presumably under a different name. From 1789 to 1799 she was a whaler in the Northern (Greenland) Whale Fishery. She then started on a voyage as a slave ship but capsized off the coast of Africa.

For other ships with the same name, see Amphitrite (ship).

History
Great Britain
Name: Amphitrite
Namesake: Amphitrite
Builder: Unknown
Launched: Unknown
Fate: Lost 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 200,[1] or 236[2][3] (bm)
Complement: 25[2]
Armament:
  • Merchantman: 8 × 6-pounder guns[1]
  • Slaver: 16 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 12-pounder carronades[2]

Career
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1789 T.Pagan Gryson & Co. Liverpool–Greenland LR; almost rebuilt 1783, & good repair 1788[1]
1790 J.Pagan
J.Miller		 Mason & Co. Liverpool–Greenland LR; almost rebuilt 1783, & good repair 1788
1795 J.Miller Liverpool–Greenland LR; almost rebuilt 1783, & good repair 1788
1799 Gardner
C__hn		 Ross & Co. Liverpool–Greenland
Liverpool–Africa		 LR; almost rebuilt 1783, good repair 1788, & damages repaired 1796
1800 Carnehan R.Johnson Liverpool–Africa LR; almost rebuilt 1783, good repair 1788, & damages repaired 1796

Slave voyage and loss

Captain James Cosnahan acquired a letter of marque on 20 March 1799.[2] Cosnachan (or Cosmacher) sailed Amphitrite (or Amphitut) from Liverpool on 16 June, bound for Bonny; she was legally allowed to transport up to 470 slaves.[4]

Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 10 January 1800 that Amphitrite, Cochrane, master, had capsized at New Calabar, Africa.[5]

The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade database has Amphitrite being captured.[6] However, there were two Amphitrites of Liverpool that were engaged in gathering slaves off the coast of Africa in late 1799, and both were lost. The other was Amphitrite, Adams, master, which by elimination appears to be the one that the French captured.

Citations and references

Citations

  1. LR (1789), Seq.№228.
  2. "Letter of Marque, p.49 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Amphitrite voyage #80228.
  4. Genuine Dicky Sam (1884), pp. 122–123.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4014). 10 January 1800.
  6. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Amphitrite voyage #80227.

References

  • Genuine Dicky Sam (1884). Liverpool and slavery, by a genuine Dicky Sam.
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