Robert (1805 ship)

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For other ships with the same name, see Robert (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameRobert
OwnerHamlet Mullion[1]
BuilderBrazil
Launched1797
Acquired1805
Captured1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen252[2][3] (bm)
Complement
Armament
  • 1805:20 × 18-pounder carronades[3]
  • 1806:16 × 18-pounder carronades[3]

Robert was built in Brazil in 1797 (probably under another name) and first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1805. She made two slave trading voyages but a French privateer captured her in a single-ship action in 1808 on her second voyage.

Career[]

Robert first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1805 with Mullion, master, N. Mullion, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.[2]

First slaving voyage (1805–1806): Captain Thomas Mullion acquired a letter of marque on 17 July 1805.[3] He sailed from Liverpool on 2 August 1805, bound for Senegambia or Sierra Leone. Robert arrived at Charleston on 30 April 1806, where she landed 241 slaves. At some point William Green replaced Thomas Mullion as captain. Robert left Charleston on 6 June 1806 and arrived back at Liverpool on 1 August 1806. She had left with 45 crew members and six had died during the voyage.[1]

Second slaving voyage (1806–1808): Captain James Phillips acquired a letter of marque on 8 October 1806.[3] He sailed from Liverpool on 12 October 1806, bound for the Cameroons.She grounded and had to put back to Liverpool the next day as she had sustained damage.[4] Robert left Liverpool on 17 October, but had to put back some time later very leaky.[5] Robert left Africa on 5 February 1808.[1]

Loss[]

Robert was on her way to Barbados when she encountered a French vessel on 7 March 1808 that captured Robert after a severe action.[6] Robert had more than six men wounded, some of whom died later died of their wounds; French casualties were at least two men dead and three wounded.[7]

Robert arrived at Martinique on 12 March 1808, where she landed some 279 slaves. She had left Liverpool with 54 crew members and 15 died on the voyage.[1]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c d Trans Atlantic slave Trade Database: Voyages #83347 & 83348.
  2. ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1805), "R" Supple. pages, Seq.№28.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Letter of Marque, p.84 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ Lloyd's List №4091.
  5. ^ Lloyd's List №4097.
  6. ^ Lloyd's List №4253.
  7. ^ Williams (1897), pp. 416–417.

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