Ellis (1797 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameEllis
Acquired1797 by purchase of a prize
FateLost at sea 23 April 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen303,[1] or 305,[2] or 308,[1] or 312 (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1797: 18 × 6-pounder guns,[2] or 16 × 6&9&12-pounder cannons[1]
  • 1806:18 × 12&9&6-pounder cannons[1]

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, carrying slaves 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 slaves.

Career[]

Ellis first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1797.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1797 Souther Hodgson Liverpool–Africa LR

1st slave voyage (1797–1798): Captain James Soutar acquired a letter of marque on 18 September 1797. He sailed from Liverpool on 26 October. Ellis acquired slaves first at Îles de Los and then at Cape Mount. Ellis arrived at Demerera on 17 July 1798 with 406 slaves. She sailed from Demerara on 29 August and arrived back at Liverpool on 15 October. She had sailed from Liverpool with 68 crew members and she suffered four crew deaths on her voyage.[3]

2nd slave voyage(1799): Captain Soutar sailed from Liverpool on 2 January 1799. Ellis gathered slaves at Bassa and then Cape Mount. She arrived at Demerara on 18 May with 431 slaves. She left Demerara on 1 July and arrived back at Liverpool on 21 August. She had left Liverpool with 44 crew members and had suffered no crew deaths on the voyage.[4]

3rd slave voyage (1800―1801): Captain Souter sailed from Liverpool in November 1799, bound for Africa, but quickly stranded in Bootle Bay.[5] Soutar and Ellis finally sailed on 15 February 1800. Ellis acquired her slaves in the Sierra Leone estuary and arrived at Suriname on 1 January 1801 with 220 slaves. She arrived back at Liverpool on 16 April. She had left with 44 crew members and had suffered nine crew deaths on the voyage.[6]

In 1801 Ellis was raised. When she got a second letter of marque in 1806 it gave her burthen as 308 tons, or 312 tons, a size reflected in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade database, though not in LR.

4th slave voyage (1801–1803): Captain Soutar sailed from Liverpool on 9 August 1801. Ellis acquired her slaves in the at Bance Island and arrived at Suriname 10 April 1802 with 263 slaves. She may also have delivered some slaves to the Bahamas. From there she reportedly sailed t Antigua and Havana. She sailed for Liverpool on 17 April 1803 and arrived back there on 27 May, from Havana. She had left Liverpool with 38 crew members and she suffered 14 crew deaths on her voyage.[7]

5th slave voyage (1804–1805): Captain John Roach sailed from Liverpool on 1 September 1804. Ellis acquired her slaves in West Africa and arrived at Suriname on 22 February 1805 with 303. She sailed from Demerara on 19 June and arrived back at Liverpool on 23 July. She had left with 32 crew members and she suffered seven crew deaths on her voyage.[8]

Fate[]

Ellis was sold to new owners c.1805. Captain William Browne acquired a letter of marque on 6 March 1806.[1] Captain Brown sailed from Liverpool on 24 March. On 23 April Ellis was lost while going from Gorée to Rio Pongos.[9]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Letter of Marque, p.61 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c LR (1797), "E" sup. pages.
  3. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Ellis voyage #81262.
  4. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Ellis voyage #81263.
  5. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4014). 15 November 1799. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Ellis voyage #81264.
  7. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Ellis voyage #81265.
  8. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Ellis voyage #81266.
  9. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4074). 19 August 1806. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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