History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Mercury |
Acquired | 1793 |
Captured | 1794 |
Fate | Recaptured, but leaves records in 1794 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 126 [1] [2] ( bm) |
Mercury's origins are obscure. She may have been launched in New York in 1774, possibly under another name. In 1793 she made one voyage as a slave ship in the Atlantic triangular slave trade. A French privateer captured Mercury, but the Royal Navy recaptured her.
A Mercury of 126 ton (bm) first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1793. [2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
1793 | Lockhart | J.Taylor | London–Antigua | LR |
Capture (1793): Captain George Hauit sailed from Liverpool on 1 January 1793. Mercury gathered slaves at Bance Island. She sailed from Africa on 7 August. [1]
The French privateer Liberty, of Bordeaux, captured seven slave ships before July 1793: Mercury, Hewitt, master, Echo, Union, Little Joe, Prosperity, Hazard, and Swift, Roper, master. Mercury was captured off Cape Mount. [3] [a]
The cutter HMS Seaflower recaptured Mercury. [5] In December 1793 Lloyd's List reported that Mercury, Hewitt, master, had arrived at Barbados. [6] [b]
Captain Hewitt purchased the recaptured Mercury. [5]
History | |
---|---|
Great Britain | |
Name | Mercury |
Acquired | 1793 |
Captured | 1794 |
Fate | Recaptured, but leaves records in 1794 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 126 [1] [2] ( bm) |
Mercury's origins are obscure. She may have been launched in New York in 1774, possibly under another name. In 1793 she made one voyage as a slave ship in the Atlantic triangular slave trade. A French privateer captured Mercury, but the Royal Navy recaptured her.
A Mercury of 126 ton (bm) first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1793. [2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
1793 | Lockhart | J.Taylor | London–Antigua | LR |
Capture (1793): Captain George Hauit sailed from Liverpool on 1 January 1793. Mercury gathered slaves at Bance Island. She sailed from Africa on 7 August. [1]
The French privateer Liberty, of Bordeaux, captured seven slave ships before July 1793: Mercury, Hewitt, master, Echo, Union, Little Joe, Prosperity, Hazard, and Swift, Roper, master. Mercury was captured off Cape Mount. [3] [a]
The cutter HMS Seaflower recaptured Mercury. [5] In December 1793 Lloyd's List reported that Mercury, Hewitt, master, had arrived at Barbados. [6] [b]
Captain Hewitt purchased the recaptured Mercury. [5]