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Aggie (1777 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameAgie, or Aggie
Launched1778
RenamedSpy (1781)
Captured4 June 1782
General characteristics
Tons burthen110[1] (bm)
Armament14 × 4-pounder guns[1]

Agie, or Aggie was launched in Liverpool in 1778. She traded locally until 1781 when her owners renamed her Spy and placed her in the slave trade. The French Navy captured her in 1782 in the West Indies as she was arriving to deliver her cargo of slaves.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1778 R.Downes Wickstead Liverpool–Limerick LR
1781 R.Downes
Burrows
Wickstead Liverpool–Limerick LR; "now the Spy"
1782 J.Burrows Wickstead Liverpool–Africa LR; ex-Aggie

Captain John Burrows sailed from Liverpool in July 1781, bound for West Africa.[2]

On 4 June 1782 two French frigates captured Aggie, Burrows, master, and took her into Dominica. She was carrying 250 slaves and six tons of ivory.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1782), Seq.No.407.
  2. ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Spy voyage #83594.
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1396. 13 September 1782. Retrieved 18 August 2020.