Minerva (1791 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameMinerva
BuilderGalway
Launched1791
FateLast listed in 1813
General characteristics
Tons burthen210,[1] or 212[2] (bm)
Complement40[2]
Armament
  • 1797: 8 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1799:18 × 6&9-pounder guns
  • 1800:18 × 6&9-pounder guns[2]

Minerva was launched in 1791 at Galway. She then traded widely, particularly as a West Indiaman. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two voyages from Bristol as a Guineaman. That is, she was a slave ship, carrying enslaved peoples in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. She then returned to trading with the West Indies. She was last listed in 1813.

Career[]

Minerva first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1792.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1792 Satchwell Burk & Co. Cork–Virginia LR
1794 Satchwell
S.Lee 		Burke & Co. Cork–Virginia LR; part old materials
1797 S.Lee
A.Robertson 		Burke&Co.
Dixon 		London–Norway
London–Tobago 		LR
1799 R.Dixon T.Dixon London–Leghorn LR
1800 R.Dixon
J.Kennedy 		T.Dixon
Anderson 		London–Leghorn
Bristol–Jamaica 		LR; small repairs 1799

Although the voyage data does not indicate it, Minerva next made two voyages as a slave ship.

1st slave voyage (1800–1802): Captain John Kennedy acquired a letter of marque on 9 April 1800.[2] He sailed from Bristol on 5 May. She gathered her slaves on the Windward Coast. She delivered her slaves to Demerara and then sailed on to Grenada. Apparently she landed some 223 slaves in all. She returned to Bristol on 27 January 1802.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1802 J.Kennedy
J.Silcocks 		Anderson Bristol–Jamaica LR; small repairs 1799

2nd slave voyage (1802–1804): Captain Joseph (or John) Silcock sailed from Bristol on 5 December 1802 bound for the Gold Coast. Minerva started gathering slaves on 31 January 1803.[4] On 13 May 1803 Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Minerva, Silcock, master, had arrived at Africa. The same report mentioned that Minerva, Coley master, had also arrived there.[5]

Minerva, Silcock, master, sailed to the leeward and returned to the Cape Coast Castle on 23 February. She again sailed to leeward on 5 November.[6] She arrived at Demerara on 25 February and there landed 218 slaves.[4] Advertisements described the slaves as being "Chantee" (Ashantee?), Coromantee, and Fantee. The agents for the sale were Walcott & Forrester and the sale was to begin on 2 March.[6] Minerva arrived back at Bristol on 6 August.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source and notes
1805 J.Silcocks
T.C. Williams 		Anderson Bristol–Barbados LR; small repairs 1799 and good repair 1802
1810 Bishop Captain & Co. London–West Indies Register of Shipping (RS); small repair 1802 and repairs 1805
1813 Bishop Captain & Co. London–West Indies Register of Shipping (RS); small repair 1802 and repairs 1805

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ a b LR (1792), Seq.No.623.
  2. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.78 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database - Voyages: Minerva (Voyage #18238).
  4. ^ a b c Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database - Voyages: Minerva (Voyage #18252).
  5. ^ LL, №4319.
  6. ^ a b Richardson (1996), p. 261..

References

  • Richardson, David, ed. (1996). Bristol, Africa, and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America, Vo. 4 The Final Years, 1770-1807. Bristol Record Society, c/o Department of Historical Studies, Univ. of Bristol. ISBN 0 901538 17 5.
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