Enterprize was launched in France. She was taken in prize circa 1783. Between 1784 and 1787 she made two complete voyages as a slave ship. She was wrecked in 1787 while returning to Liverpool from her third slave trading voyage.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Enterprize |
| Owner | Thomas Leyland, Moses Benson, George Johnston, & Alex Telfair |
| Builder | France |
| Acquired | 1783 |
| Fate | Wrecked 1787 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 140 (bm) |
Career edit
Thomas Leyland was a Liverpool shipowner and businessman who owned several vessels that engaged in the slave trade. One of these was Enterprize, the first of three vessels of that name that he co-owned or owned.
Enterprize first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1784.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1784 | C.Wilson | T.Layland | Liverpool–Africa | LR; large repair 1783 |
1st slave voyage (1784–1785): Captain Caesar Wilson sailed from Liverpool on 28 March 1784. Enterprize arrived at Dominica on 18 September with 514 slaves.[2] She landed 314 there, and later landed 200 at Jamaica.[3] She arrived back at Liverpool on 11 January 1784.[2] The ship arrival and departure data in Lloyd's List reported Enterprize as coming from Antigua.
2nd slave voyage (1785–1786): Captain Wilson sailed from Liverpool on 27 May 1785. Enterprize acquired her slaves at Bonny.[4] She arrived at her destination on 26 November.[a] Enterprize left for Liverpool on 8 March 1786 and arrived back there on 20 April.[4]
3rd slave voyage (1786–1787): Captain Wilson sailed from Liverpool on 4 July 1786. Enterprize started acquiring slaves in Africa on 20 October, first at Anomabu, and then at Cape Coast Castle. She sailed from Africa on 5 April 1787 and arrived at Annotto Bay, Jamaica, on 20 June. She had embarked 510 slaves and she arrived with 500. She had left Liverpool with 38 crew members and she suffered five crew deaths on the voyage.[8]
Loss edit
Lloyd's List reported in August 1787 that Enterprize had been lost at Jamaica.[9]
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ LR (1784), Seq.No.E406.
- ^ a b Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Enterprize voyage #81286.
- ^ Campbell (2007), p. 23.
- ^ a b c Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Enterprize voyage #81287.
- ^ Campbell (2007), p. 24.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1745. 24 January 1786. hdl:2027/hvd.32044055001614. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1763. 28 March 1786. hdl:2027/mdp.39015020212893. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Enterprize voyage #81288.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1910. 24 August 1787. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232987. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
References edit
- Campbell, Susan (2007). Africans to Dominica: 100,000 middle passages from 'Guinea' to the Eastern Caribbean, 1764-1808 (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013.