Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80943
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Cyclops
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed France, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1791
Rig Ship
Tonnage 297
Standardized tonnage IMP 297
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Gregson, John
Case, George
Aspinall, John Bridge
Gregson, William
Gregson, James
Apsinall, James
Gregson, William (Jr)
Begg, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1791
Date voyage began 1791-05-04
Date trade began in Africa 1791-07-09
Date vessel departed Africa 1791-09-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-11-13
Date vessel departed for homeport 1791-12-20
Date voyage completed 1792-02-15
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 193
Middle passage (days) IMP 73
Captain and Crew Captain's name Threlfall, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 24
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 431
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 437
Total slaves embarked IMP 437
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 349
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 345
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 54.2%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 92
Mortality rate IMP 21.0%
Source Sources LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/52,138:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

PP,1792(768),XXXV:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


PP,1792(766-7),XXXV:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


T64/286,25:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
kg, 12-19 Nov 1791: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
craig,117: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 2 Dec 1791:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 30 Dec 1791:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 24 Jan 1792:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 17 Feb 1792:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)