Rover (1781 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameJudith
Launched1775, New York
RenamedRover (circa 1781)
Captured28 March 1783
General characteristics
Tons burthen72,[1] or 100[2] (bm)
Armament12 × 9-pounder carronades (1782)

Rover had been launched in New York, possibly as Judith, or an earlier name. Rover appeared in British records in 1781. She became a privateer and then a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. An American privateer captured Rover in 1783 on the second leg of her first slave voyage.

Career[]

Circa 1781 her owners renamed Judith as Rover and she became a Bristol-based privateer. She suffered a severe engagement in 1781. New owners then sailed her from Liverpool as a slave ship, engaged in the triangular trade in enslaved peoples. An American privateer captured her in March 1783 as was coming to the West Indies on her first slave voyage.

Rover first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1781.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1781 Hunter J.Powell Bristol privateer 'LR
1782 R.Latham Staniforth Bristol privateer
Liverpool–Africa 		LR

On 16 April 1781 the privateer Rover, Hunter, master, returned to Bristol from a cruise. On 19 February she had encountered four French letters of marque near Cape St Vincent. In the ensuing engagement she had her surgeon, lieutenant and two seamen killed, and four men wounded.[3]

Circa 1782 ownership of Rover transferred to Liverpool from Bristol, and she became a slave ship.

Captain Roger Leathom sailed from Liverpool on 22 June 1782, bound for West Africa. He had a crew of 27 men, three of whom died on the voyage.[1]

Loss[]

On 28 March 1783 an American privateer captured Rover, Latham, master, as she was sailing from Africa to the West Indies. Rover was carrying 209 slaves. The Americans took Rover and her slaves into Martinique.[4]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Rover voyage #83413.
  2. ^ a b LR (1781), Seq.No.181.
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1260. 20 April 1781. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1467. 27 May 1783. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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