17440 – Lion (1758 – 1759)
Voyage ID: 17440
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Lion
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 269.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1758
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1759
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Cape Coast Castle
Principal landing location: St. Kitts, port unspecified
Number embarked: 479
Number disembarked: 365
Number of deaths: 114
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Richardson,III<><p>Richardson, David, <em>Bristol</em><em>, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America</em>: Volume 1, <em>The Years of Expansion, 1698-1729</em> (Bristol, 1986); Volume 2, <em>The Years of Ascendancy, 1730-1745</em> (Bristol, 1987); Volume 3, <em>The Years of Decline, 1746-1769</em> (Bristol, 1991); Volume 4, <em>The Final Years, 1770-1807</em> (Bristol, 1997)</p>, MR,MSC,f.17r<><p>Misplaced reference</p>, RWJ,59.05.19.<><i>Read's Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer</i>
Individuals (4)
P_10404_1046 - Robert Vigor
Role: Owner
P_10404_0956 - James Rumsey
Role: Owner
P_10404_1044 - James Powell
Role: Owner
P_10404_1045 - John Milton
Role: Owner