Sarah (1803 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sarah |
| Owner | Robert Kitchen |
| Builder | Liverpool |
| Launched | 1803 |
| Captured | 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 207[1] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | |
| Armament | |
Sarah was launched at Liverpool in 1803. She made a short voyage as a privateer during which she captured a valuable prize. She then made two voyages as a slave ship. A French naval squadron captured her early in her third slaving voyage.
Career
Sarah entered Lloyd's Register in 1803 with John Sellars, master, R. Kitchen, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.[2] John Sillars acquired a letter of marque on 16 June 1803.[1]
Lloyd's List reported on 21 October 1803 that Sarah and Ann had captured City of Lyons (Ville de Lyon) as she was sailing from Île de France to Bordeaux and that she had arrived at Liverpool.[3] The captors actually were Sarah, Captain Sellars, and Ann Parr, Captain Baldwin. Ville de Lyons, of some 400 tons (bm), was carrying a cargo of tea, pepper, indigo, etc., valued at about £26,000.[4]
1st slave voyage (1803–1804): Captain John Sillars sailed from Liverpool on 5 November 1803. Sarah purchased her slaves at the Cameroons and arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, on 11 September 1804. There she landed 200 slaves. She arrived back at Liverpool on 18 October 1804. She had left Liverpool with 37 crew members and she suffered two crew deaths on the voyage.[5]
Lloyd's Register for 1804 showed Sarah's master changing from J. Sellars to J. McClane.[6]
2nd slave voyage (1804–1805): Captain John McLune sailed from Liverpool on 28 November 1804.[5] He was issued a letter of marque on 7 February 1805,[1] hence in absentia. Sarah purchased her slaves at Lagos/Onim. She landed 233 slaves at Demerara on 11 May 1805, and left there on 10 July. She arrived back at Liverpool on 24 September 1805. She had left Liverpool with 35 crew members and she suffered ten crew deaths during the voyage.[5]
Fate
Captain John McLune sailed Sarah from Liverpool on 26 October 1805 on her 3rd slave voyage.[5] Sarah, M'Lune, master, and Diamond, Jameson, master, were reported "all well" at 10°17′N 13°21′W / 10.283°N 13.350°W.[7] On 1 March 1806 the two slavers, Otway, and one other were "all well" off the "Logus Coast" of Africa.[8] Four days later Lloyd's List reported that L'Hermite's squadron of the French Navy had captured Sarah, Otway, Lord Nelson, Mary, Adams, master, and Nelson, Meath, master, off the coast of Africa.[9] At the time of her capture Sarah had not yet embarked any slaves.[5]
Citations and references
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g "Letter of Marque, p.86 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1803), Supple. pages "S", Seq.№S77.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4395.
- ^ Williams (1897), p. 387.
- ^ a b c d e Trans Atlantic Slave Trade database: Voyages - Sarah.
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1804), seq.№S267.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4045.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4059.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4060.
References
- Williams, Gomer (1897). History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade. W. Heinemann.