Roehampton (1798 ship)

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History
Kingdom of Great Britain
NameRoehampton
NamesakeRoehampton
BuilderAmerica[1]
Launched1792
FateFoundered 1806 - no trace
General characteristics
Tons burthen104,[2] or 106[1] (bm)
Sail planBrig
Complement25[2]
Armament
  • 1798: 6 × 3-pounder guns
  • 1805: 14 × 4&6-pounder guns[2]

Roehampton was a ship built in the United States in 1792, possibly in Baltimore, and almost certainly under another name. Between 1798 and 1803 she traded between England and North America. From 1803 she made two complete voyages as a slave ship, but disappeared on her way home on her third.

Career[]

Roehampton first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1798.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1798 A.Sinclair A.Mann London–Baltimore LR; small repair 1793
1800 A.Sinclair
W.Hill 		A.Mann
P.Pinsent 		Cork–London
London–Newfoundland 		LR; small repair 1793, repairs 1799, & good repair 1802
1802 W.Hill
Codner 		Pinsent London–Newoundland
Dartmouth–Newfoundland 		LR; small repair 1793, repairs 1799, & good repair 1802
1803 Codner
Thompson 		LeCoq & Co. Dartmouth–Newfoundland
Liverpool–Africa 		LR; small repair 1793, repairs 1799, & good repair 1802

1st slave voyage (1803–1805): Captain William Thompson sailed from Liverpool on 9 December 1802. Roehampton arrived at Suriname with her slaves on 16 July 1803. She arrived back at Liverpool on 17 September. She had left Liverpool with 13 crew members and she suffered no crew deaths on her voyage.[3]

2nd slave voyage (1803–1805): Captain William Thompson sailed from Liverpool on 16 November 1803. Roehampton acquired her slaves at Gabon; while she was there her boats were fired on from the shore. She arrived at Suriname on 3 September 1804 with 130. She sailed from Suriname on 1 October and arrived back at Liverpool on 7 January. She had left Liverpool with 22 crew members and she suffered seven crew deaths on the voyage.[4]

She returned to Liverpool with 525 bags of coffee, 700 billets of barwood, and 112 elephant teeth (ivory tusks).[5]

3rd slave voyage: Captain Edward Newby acquired a letter of marque on 8 February 1805. He sailed from Liverpool on 1 March and arrived at St Thomas in December.[6]

Fate[]

Roehampton, Atkinson, master, sailed from St Thomas on 9 February 1806 in company with Neptune, Wilson, master. The two vessels parted company on 15 March in a heavy gale. Neptune arrived at Lancaster.[7] Roehampton did not appear again in Lloyd's List or other newspapers that published ship arrival and departure data.

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c LR (1798), Seq.No.R248.
  2. ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.84 - Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Roehampton voyage #83377.
  4. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Roehampton voyage #83378.
  5. ^ "SHIP NEWS" (19 January 1805) Lancaster Gazetter (Lancaster, England) Volume 4, issue: 188.
  6. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Roehampton voyage #83379.
  7. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4041. 4 April 1806. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232953. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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