Prudence (1796 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
BuilderPhiladelphia[1]
Launched1796[1]
CapturedCirca late 1803
General characteristics
Tons burthen123,[2] or 126[3] (bm)
Complement25[3]
Armament
  • 1802:4 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1803:10 × 4-pounder guns[3]

Prudence was built in Philadelphia in 1796. Between 1801 and 1803 she made two complete voyages from Liverpool as a slave ship but was captured around late 1803 on her third, and before she could purchase slaves.

Slave trading voyages[]

Prudence first appeared in the Register of Shipping {RS) in 1802.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1802 Woodstock J[ames] & J. Parr Liverpool–Africa RS; small repairs 1801

On 6 January 1802 Prudence, Woodstock, master, sailed for Africa.[4] She acquired slaves at Cape Grand Mount and arrived at Kingston on 6 April with 157 slaves. Prudence sailed from Kingston on 21 May and arrived back at Liverpool on 5 July. she had left Liverpool with 20 crew members and suffered three crew deaths on the voyage.[1]

Captain James Swanson sailed from Liverpool on 5 September 1802. She began acquiring slaves in Africa on 1 November, and sailed from Africa on 3 January 1803. She arrived at Demerara on 10 March. She arrived back at Liverpool on 30 May. She had left Liverpool with 20 crew members and suffered eight crew deaths on the voyage.[5]

Captain Johnathan D'Arcy acquired a letter of marque on 30 July 1803.[3] He sailed from Liverpool on 7 September.[6]

Fate[]

When Fame arrived at Demerara she brought news that Active, Dalrymple, master, and Prudence, Darby, master, had been captured on the Windward Coast.[7]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prudence voyage #83253.
  2. ^ a b RS (1802), "P" supple. pages.
  3. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.83 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7". Lancaster Gazetteer: and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), 9 January 1802; Issue 30.
  5. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prudence voyage #83254.
  6. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Prudence voyage #83255.
  7. ^ "LIVERPOOL, MAY 2". Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, May 05, 1804; Issue 151.
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