Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83562
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sisters
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1786
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1786
Rig Ship
Tonnage 252
Standardized tonnage IMP 252
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Baker, Peter
Dawson, John
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of slaves or during slaving
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves perished with ship
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP
Place where voyage ended
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
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1786
Date voyage began 1786-10-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Elworthy, John
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 650
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 500
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 500
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1787: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
LivRO,942HOL(10),474,479: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
cc, 30 June 1787: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
LList, 27 Oct 1786:

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


LList, 31 July 1787:

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