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Name | Westmoreland |
Builder | Yarmouth |
Launched | 1783 |
Captured | c. March 1805 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 375, or 406, [1] or 412 [1] ( bm) |
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Westmoreland was launched in Yarmouth in 1783. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. A French privateer captured her during her second voyage but the Royal Navy recaptured her and she completed her voyage. The registers continued to carry her for a few years but with stale data.. She actually made a voyage in 1805 to Demerara. On her way a privateer captured her.
Westmoreland first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1783, sailing as a West Indiaman. [2]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1783 | W.Brown | T.Mangles | London–Jamaica | LR |
1795 | Thomas | Webster | London–Cork Cork–Jamaica |
LR |
1797 | Thomas | Webster | Cork–Jamaica | LR |
On 26 February 1796 Westmoreland was at 37°30′N 45°53′W / 37.500°N 45.883°W and part of a convoy bound for London. She had lost her main and mizzen masts and was bearing for Antigua. [3] She arrived at Antigua. [4] She arrived at Deal at end-August.
Westmoreland was registered at Whitby in 1797 with owners Robtert Gill, m.m., Henry Barrick, sen., and Jn. Watson. [5]
In 1797, Westmoreland was on her way from Jamaica to London when she put into Hampton Roads, Virginia. [6] By end-December she arrived back at Dover and on 2 January 1798 she arrived at Gravesend.
She was registered at Liverpool in February 1800.
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1798 | Jameson | London–Jamaica | LR | |
1799 | F.Rolston | Gill & Co. | Hull–Memel | LR; good repair 1798 |
1800 | F.Rolton Catteral |
Gill Bell & Co. |
Hull–Memel Liverpool–Africa |
Register of Shipping; large repair 1799 |
Westmoreland was re-registered at Liverpool in February 1800. [5]
1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1800–1801): Captain Robert Catterall acquired a letter of marque on 2 April 1800. [1] He sailed from Liverpool on 20 April. [7] In 1800, 133 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 120 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool. [8]
Westmoreland acquired captives in West Africa and arrived at Kingston on 9 January 1801 with 368. She sailed from Kingston on 4 April and arrived back at Liverpool on 4 June. She had left Liverpool with 40 crew members, had arrived at Kingston with 36, and had returned to Liverpool having suffered four crew deaths on her voyage. [7]
2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1803–1804): Captain Timothy Boardman acquired a letter of marque on 11 July 1823. Westmoreland left Liverpool on 9 January 1803. [9] In 1803, 99 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 83 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool. [8]
Westmoreland acquired captives in Gabon. [9] As she was sailing to the West Indies, the privateer General Ernouf captured her, but HMS Cyane recaptured her on 2 January 1804, or just before. [10] Westmoreland arrived at Barbados on 5 January with 192 captives. [9] [11] At some point Captain Edward Kelly replaced Boardman. [9] Westmoreland, Kelly, master, arrived in Liverpool in early July. [12] She had left Liverpool with 37 crew members and she suffered six crew deaths on her voyage. [9]
Although both LR and the Register of Shipping carried Westmoreland with data stale since 1804, it appears that Captain Baynes Reed acquired a letter of marque on 26 March 1805. [1] He sailed for Demerara. In March or so, the French privateer Bon, of Bordeaux, captured Westmoreland. [13] In June Lloyd's List reported that Commerce, of Liverpool, had arrived in Virginia. On her way a Spanish privateer had boarded her and transferred to her Reed and his crew. [14]