Aggie (or Agie), was launched in Liverpool in 1777. She traded locally until 1781 when her owners renamed her Spy. She briefly became a privateer, and then a slave ship, engaged in the triangular trade in enslaved people. The French Navy captured her in 1782 in the West Indies as she was arriving to deliver her cargo of slaves on her first slave-trading voyage.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Aggie, or Agie |
| Builder | Liverpool |
| Launched | 1777 |
| Renamed | Spy (1781) |
| Captured | 4 June 1782 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 80,[1] or 110[2] ( (bm) |
| Armament | 14 × 4-pounder guns |
Career edit
Agie first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1778.[3]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1778 | R.Downes | R.Wicksted | Liverpool–Limerick | LR |
| 1779 | R.Downes | R.Wicksted | Liverpool–Elsinor | LR |
| 1780 | R.Downes | R.Wicksted | Galway Bay | LR |
| 1781 | R.Downes Burrows |
Wickstead | Liverpool–Limerick | LR; "now the Spy" |
| 1781 | J.Burrows | R.Wichfield | Liverpool privateer Liverpool–Africa |
LR; raised 1780 |
| 1782 | J.Burrows | Wickstead | Liverpool–Africa | LR; ex-Aggie |
Slave trading voyage: Captain John Burrows sailed Spy from Liverpool in July 1781, bound for West Africa.[1]
Fate edit
On 4 June 1782 two French frigates captured Spy, Burrows, master, and took her into Dominica. She was carrying 250 captives and six tons of ivory.[4][5]
Citations edit
- ^ a b Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Spy voyage #83594.
- ^ LR (1781), "S" supple. pages, Seq.No.S520.
- ^ LR (1778), Seq.No.A98.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1396. 13 September 1782. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049061.
- ^ Williams (1897), p. 294.
References edit
- Williams, Gomer (1897). History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade. W. Heinemann.