Prince (1787 ship)

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History
Great Britain
NameAlexander
BuilderBristol
Launched1785
RenamedPrince (1787)
FateFoundered 13 March 1800
General characteristics
Tons burthen273, or 300, or 301[1] (bm)
Complement
  • 1794:30
  • 1797:30
  • 1799:25
Armament
  • 1794:14 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1797:16 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1799:16 × 6&9-pounder guns

Prince was launched at Bristol in 1785 as Alexander and then made two complete voyages as a slave ship. Her owners changed her name to Prince in 1787. As Prince, she made six more complete voyages as a slave ship. She foundered in 1800 as she was returning to England from her ninth, having delivered slaves to Jamaica.

Career[]

Alexander first appeared Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786, there being no online issue for 1785.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1786 M'Tagart
Engeldue 		M'Tagart Bristol–Africa LR

By then Alexander had already made one voyage as a slave ship.

1st slave trading voyage (1785–1786): Captain John McTaggart sailed from Bristol on 28 April 1795. Alexander acquired slaves at Bonny and sailed from Africa on 15 September. She arrived at Grenada on 14 September with 307 slaves. There she landed 273. Also, she had left Bristol with 49 crew members and had only 33 when she reached Grenada. She sailed from Grenada on 7 December, and arrived back at Bristol on 10 February 1786.[2]

2nd slave trading voyage (1786–1787): Captain William Engledue sailed from Bristol on 4 August 1786. She acquired her slaves at Bonny. She arrived at Grenada 12 February 1787 with 350 slaves and she landed 342. She had left Bristol with 45 crew members and she arrived at Grenada with 32. She left Grenada on 20 March, and arrived back at Bristol on 3 May.[3]

Prince first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1787, with her entry showing the name change from Alexander.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1787 Engledue
Durg 		M'Tagert Bristol–Africa LR

3rd slave trading voyage (1787–1788): Captain James Clurg sailed from Bristol on 28 July 1787. Prince acquired her slaves at Bonny and arrived at Buenos Aires and Montevideo in February 1788 with 355 slaves. She had left Bristol with 47 crew members and she arrived at South America with 34. She arrived back at Bristol on 28 July 1788.[5]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1790 J.Clegg
Anstey 		M'Taggert Cadiz–Bristol
Bristol–Africa 		LR; repairs 1790

4th slave trading voyage (1790–1791): Captain Micheal Hainsley sailed from Bristol on 27 April 1790 to acquire slaves at Bonny. Prince arrived at Port Royal on 22 November with 363 slaves. She had left Bristol with 40 crew members and she arrived at Port Royal with 35. She left Port Royal on 4 January 1791 and arrived back at Bristol on 10 February.[6]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1791 Anstey
Robson 		T.Jones & Co. Bristol–Africa LR; repairs 1790

5th slave trading voyage (1791–1792): Captain Samuel Roscow sailed from Bristol on 29 July 1791. Prince acquired her slaves at Bonny and arrived at Jamaica on 1 April 1792. She had left Bristol with 37 crew members and she arrived with 31. She left Jamaica on 21 May, and arrived back at Bristol on 9 July.[7]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1792 Illegible
T.Jones 		Jones & Co. Bristol–Africa LR; repairs 1790

6th slave trading voyage (1792–1794): Captain James Gordon, or possibly Jones, sailed from Bristol on 2 November 1792. Prince acquired slaves at Bonny and delivered 285 to Kingston, Jamaica, on 19 August 1793. She had sailed with 32 crew members and she had 23 when she arrived at Kingston. She sailed from Kingston on 4 February 1794 and arrived at London on 7 May.[8]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1795 R.Bebby Calvert & Co. London–Africa LR; repairs 1790, & damages repaired 1794

While Prince was returning from her sixth slave trading voyage war with France had broken out. Captain Robert Bibby acquired a letter of marque on 28 October 1794.[1]

7th slave trading voyage (1795–1796): Captain Robert Bibby sailed from London on 17 February 1795. She started trading in Africa on 12 July, first at Cape Coast Castle and then at Anomabu. She sailed from Africa on 20 December, and arrived at Kingston on 2 February 1796 with 360 slaves. She had suffered only one slave death on the passage from Africa. At some point Captain John Adams replaced Robert Bibby. Prince sailed from Kingston on 10 June and arrived back at London on 2 September.[9]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1796 R.Bebb
J.Kendall 		Calvert & Co. London–Africa LR; raised and damages repaired 1794

8th slave trading voyage (1798): Captain John Kendall acquired a letter of marque on 23 November 1797.[1] Prince sailed from Bristol on 2 February 1798, bound for West Africa. She arrived at Barbados with 430 slaves on 6 August. She sailed from Barbados on 4 September and arrived at Liverpool on 21 November. She had left Bristol with 48 crew members and she suffered four crew deaths on the voyage.[10]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1799 J.Kendall
T.Smith 		Smith & Co. Liverpool–Africa LR; raised and damages repaired 1794

9th slave trading voyage (1799–1800): Captain Thomas Smith acquired a letter of marque on 27 March 1799. Prince sailed from Liverpool on 5 May. She acquired slaves at Calabar and New Calabar, and arrived at Kingston on 26 November with 391 slaves. She had left Liverpool with 46 crew members and she suffered six crew deaths on the voyage. She sailed from Kingston on 25 January 1800.[11]

Fate[]

On 13 March 1800, Prince sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean while returning to Liverpool from Jamaica. She had 8 feet (2.4 m) of water in her hold when Manilla, Glover, master, from Savannah, rescued the crew. After her crew abandoned Prince and her cargo of rum, coffee, and sugar, she sank. Manilla arrived at Falmouth on 31 March 1800.[12][13]

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.82 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Alexander voyage #817948.
  3. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Alexander voyage #817964.
  4. ^ LR (1787), "P" supple.pages, Seq.№P493.
  5. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prince voyage #18008.
  6. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prince voyage #18080.
  7. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prince voyage #18113.
  8. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prince voyage #18159.
  9. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prince voyage #83192.
  10. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prince voyage #83193.
  11. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prince voyage #83194.
  12. ^ "Falmouth". Portsmouth Telegraph or Motley's Naval and Military Journal. No. 26. 7 April 1800.
  13. ^ Lloyd's List 4 April 1800, №4038.

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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