Solicitor General (1794 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameSolicitor General
Launched1785, Bermuda
Acquired1794
FateWrecked 11 August 1795
General characteristics
Tons burthen141 (bm)
Complement19
Armament8 × 6-pounder guns
NotesBermuda cedar

Solicitor General was launched in Bermuda in 1785. She came to England circa 1794 and first sailed as a West Indiaman but then new owners in 1795 employed her as a slave ship. She was wrecked on the coast of North Africa on her first voyage on her way to acquire slaves. Her crew were themselves enslaved, not being freed until 1797.

Career[]

She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1794.[1]

In August 1794 Lloyd's List reported that Solictor General was sailing from Antigua to Liverpool when she had put into St Kitts in a leaky condition.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1794 ___ (Yeates?)
J.G.John 		Lightfoot Bristol−Antigua LR; raised 1790
1795 J.G.John
T.Smith 		Lightfoot Liverpool−Antigua
Liverpool–Africa 		LR; raised 1790
1796 T.Smith Forbes&Co. Liverpool–Africa LR; raised 1790

Captain Thomas Smith sailed from Liverpool on 17 July 1795.[2]

Solicitor General was lost on the Barbary Coast on 11 August 1795. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[3] Her 19 crew members survived, but were enslaved by the locals. Smith and his crew were finally freed circa July 1797.[4]

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ LR (1794), Seq.No.S585.
  2. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Solicitor General voyage #83572.
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (2778). 22 December 1795.
  4. ^ Schwartz (2008), p. 45 &47.

References

  • Schwartz, Suzanne (2008). Slave Captain: The Career of James Irving in the Liverpool Slave Trade. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9781846310676.
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