Amphitrite (1796 ship)

Amphitrite was launched in 1796 at Kingston upon Hull. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1797 with S.Barker, master, Atkinson, owner, and trade Hull–Lisbon.[3] Lloyd's Register does not show any change of ownership or master in 1800, or after. However, the Register of Shipping for 1800 showed her with Adams, master, Forbes, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.[1] By another account Amphitute, of 194 tons (bm), George Adams, master, William Forbes & Co., sailed from Liverpool on 17 June 1799 for the Gold Coast, where she intended to acquire 323 captives.[4] Captain George Adams sailed from Liverpool on 21 July 1799.[2]

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

History
Great Britain
NameAmphitrite
NamesakeAmphitrite
Launched1796, Kingston upon Hull
FateCaptured 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen183,[1] or 194[2] (bm)
Complement38[2]
Armament
  • 1797:4 × 3-pounder guns[3]
  • 1800: 12 × 12-pounder guns[1]

In 1799, 156 vessels sailed from British ports bound on enslaving voyages; 134 of the vessels came from Liverpool.[5]

Lloyd's List reported on 4 February 1800 that "The French Squadron" had captured Adriana, Hewitt, master, and Amphitrite, of Liverpool, on the coast of Africa.[6][lower-alpha 1]

In 1799, 18 British enslaving ships were lost, five of them on the coast of Africa. In 1800, the numbers were 34 and 20, with three vessels being captured on their way to Africa.[9] During the period 1793 to 1807, war, rather than maritime hazards or resistance by the captives, was the greatest cause of vessel losses among British enslaving vessels.[10]

Notes
  1. The Lloyd's List report was incorrect with respect to Adriana. She completed the voyage to the West Indies and returned to Liverpool.[7] A French privateer did capture her, but that was in 1804 on a later enslaving voyage.[8]

Citations
  1. RS (1800), Seq.№A339.
  2. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Amphitrite voyage #80228.
  3. LR (1797), "A" supple. pages, Seq.№A61.
  4. Genuine Dicky Sam (1884), pp. 124–125.
  5. Williams (1897), p. 680.
  6. Lloyd's List 4 February 1800, №4021.
  7. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Adriana voyage #80049.
  8. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Adriana voyage #80050.
  9. Inikori (1996), p. 62.
  10. Inikori (1996), p. 58.

References
  • Genuine Dicky Sam (1884). Liverpool and slavery, by a genuine Dicky Sam.
  • Inikori, Joseph (1996). "Measuring the unmeasured hazards of the Atlantic slave trade: Documents relating to the British trade". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer. 83 (312): 53–92.
  • Williams, Gomer (1897). History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade. W. Heinemann.
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