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Name | Union |
Owner | John Ratcliffe, George Hauit, & William Thompson [1] |
Builder | Liverpool [1] |
Launched | 1791 [1] |
Captured | 1793 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 113 [2] ( bm) |
Complement | 24 [2] |
Armament | 10 × 4-pounder guns [2] |
Union was launched in 1791 in Liverpool, England. She became a slave ship that the French captured on her first slave voyage. Captain R. Farrington sailed for West Africa on 15 August 1792. [1]
Captain George Hauit acquired a letter of marque for Union on 1 March 1793, [2] just after the outbreak of war with France.
The French privateer Liberty, of Bordeaux, captured seven slave ships before July 1793: Union, Farrington, Little Joe, Echo, Mercury, Hazard, Prosperity, and Swift, Roper, master. The capture of Union took place off Bassa. [3] [4] [a]
Robust recaptured Little Joe and Echo. HMS Andromeda recaptured Prosperity; the cutter HMS Seaflower recaptured Mercury. Liberty ransomed Swift after plundering her.
History | |
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Name | Union |
Owner | John Ratcliffe, George Hauit, & William Thompson [1] |
Builder | Liverpool [1] |
Launched | 1791 [1] |
Captured | 1793 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 113 [2] ( bm) |
Complement | 24 [2] |
Armament | 10 × 4-pounder guns [2] |
Union was launched in 1791 in Liverpool, England. She became a slave ship that the French captured on her first slave voyage. Captain R. Farrington sailed for West Africa on 15 August 1792. [1]
Captain George Hauit acquired a letter of marque for Union on 1 March 1793, [2] just after the outbreak of war with France.
The French privateer Liberty, of Bordeaux, captured seven slave ships before July 1793: Union, Farrington, Little Joe, Echo, Mercury, Hazard, Prosperity, and Swift, Roper, master. The capture of Union took place off Bassa. [3] [4] [a]
Robust recaptured Little Joe and Echo. HMS Andromeda recaptured Prosperity; the cutter HMS Seaflower recaptured Mercury. Liberty ransomed Swift after plundering her.