Duke of Bronte (1800 ship)

Duke of Bronte (or Duke of Bronti, or Duke de Brunte)) was launched in 1793 (or 1794) in India, under another name. She was renamed in 1800 in London. She then made two voyages as a slaver before a French privateer captured her in 1804.

History
Kingdom of Great Britain
Namesake: Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronte
Builder: Calcutta[1]
Launched: 1793,[2] or 1794[3]
Renamed: Duke of Bronte[Note 1]
Captured: March 1804
Notes: Teak-built
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 160,[3] or 165,[1] or 165​45⁄94,[5] or 168,[2] or 170[6] (bm)
Sail plan: Snow,[7] then Ship-rigged[6]
Armament: 12,[2] or 10[3] × 4-pounder guns
Notes: Teak-built

Career

Duke of Bronti was admitted to the Registry of Great Britain on 17 November 1800.[5] She first appears in Lloyd's Register in the supplemental pages to the 1800 volume. Her master is R. Beal, her owner Morton, and her trade London−Africa.[2] She first appears in the Register of Shipping in 1801, with R. Beale, master, and T. Morton, owner.[3]

Captain Richard P. Beale sailed from London to the Rio Pongo on 1 December 1800. Duke of Bronte took the slaves she gathered to Demerara (what is now British Guiana), where she arrived in September 1801.[7]

Between her first and second slave-trading voyages, T. Moreton had sold her to Anthony Calvert, of Camden, Calvert and King.

On 16 August 1802, Captain Beale sailed Duke of Bronte from London on her second slaving voyage. It is not clear where Beale and Duke of Bronte acquired her slaves, but she delivered 168 to Kingston, Jamaica, arriving on 18 July 1803. She sailed from Jamaica, bound for London, on 16 November.[6]

Fate

On 3 February 1804, Lloyd's List reported that Duke of Bronti, bound for London, had to put back to Jamaica.[8] Then on 22 June, Lloyd's List reported that a French privateer had captured Duke of Bronti as she was sailing from Jamaica to London and took her into Santiago de Cuba.[9]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. King Ferdinand III of Sicily only created the title Duke of Bronte in 1799 for Admiral Lord Nelson. So far it has proved impossible to track down her previous name via online resources. One listing of vessels built at Calcutta has no vessel launched there between 1790 and 1800 that fits her description.[4]

Citations

  1. House of Commons (1814), p. 628.
  2. Lloyd's Register (1800).
  3. Register of Shipping (1801), Seq. №324.
  4. Phipps (1840), p. 97.
  5. House of Commons (1814), p. 86.
  6. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Duke of Bronte voyage #81075.
  7. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Duke of Bronte voyage #81076.
  8. Lloyd's List №4424.
  9. Lloyd's List №4464.

References

  • House of Commons, Parliament, Great Britain (1814). Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping. H.M. Stationery Office.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
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