17462 – Mercury (1759 – 1759)

Voyage ID: 17462

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Mercury

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 200.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1759

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1759

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Africa., port unspecified

Principal landing location: St. Kitts, port unspecified

Number embarked: 250

Number disembarked: 209

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation

Sources

Richardson,III<>Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America: Volume 1, The Years of Expansion, 1698-1729 (Bristol, 1986); Volume 2, The Years of Ascendancy, 1730-1745 (Bristol, 1987); Volume 3, The Years of Decline, 1746-1769 (Bristol, 1991); Volume 4, The Final Years, 1770-1807 (Bristol, 1997), MR,MSC,f.17r<>Misplaced reference, RWJ,59.06.16.<>Read's Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0956 - James Rumsey

Role: Owner