John (1786 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
BuilderNewnham,[1] or Newhaven, Sussex[2]
Launched1779
Captured1803
General characteristics
Tons burthen141,[3] or 159,[4] or 160[1] (bm)
Armament
  • 1797: 12 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1798: 14 × 6-pounder guns[3]

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.

Career[]

Missing issues of Lloyd's Register (LR) and missing pages in extant issues have resulted in John first having appeared in the volume for 1786.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1786 T.Hooten Tarleton Liverpool–Grenada LR
1791 T.Hooten
John Ma__ 		Tarleton Liverpool–Dominica LR; good repair 1789
1792 J.Ma__
T.Hooten 		Tarleton Liverpool–Dominica LR; good repair 1789 & repairs 1791
1797 T.Hooton Backhouse Liverpool–Martinique LR; good repair 1789 & repairs 1791
1798 N.Ireland Tarleton Liverpool–Africa LR; good repair 1789 & repairs 1791

1st slave voyage (1798–1799): Captain Nathaniel Ireland sailed from Liverpool on 1 March 1798, bound for the Bight of Biafra. John acquired slaves first at the Cameroons and then at Old Calabar. She arrived at Grenada on 14 February 1799 with 240 slaves. She sailed from Grenada on 28 April and arrived back at Liverpool on 30 June. She had left Liverpool with 30 crew members and she suffered 20 crew deaths on her voyage.[4]

2nd slave voyage (1800–1801): Captain William Brown sailed from Liverpool on 7 June 1800. John acquired slaves at Cape Coast Castle and delivered 168 slaves to Demerara on 18 March 1801. She sailed from Demerara on 10 June and arrived back at Liverpool on 19 August 1801. She had left Liverpool with 29 crew members and suffered 11 crew deaths on the voyage.[5]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1802 & 1803 J.Singleton
A.Bird 		W.Tarleton Liverpool–Africa LR

Fate[]

Captain Adam Bird sailed from Liverpool on 24 December 1802.[6] In December 1803 Lloyd's List reported that John, Bird, master, "a Guineaman", had been captured off Trinidad.[7]

The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1804 carried the annotation "Captured" by her name.[2]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c LR (1786), Seq.No.J303.
  2. ^ a b RS (1804), Seq.No.J491.
  3. ^ a b LR (1798), Seq.No.J272.
  4. ^ a b Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – John voyage #82047.
  5. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – John voyage #82048.
  6. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – John voyage #82049.
  7. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4411. 16 December 1803. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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