17463 – Myrtle (1759 – 1759)
Voyage ID: 17463
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Myrtle
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 182.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1759
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1759
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Gambia
Principal landing location: St. Kitts, port unspecified
Number embarked: 250
Number disembarked: 181
Number of deaths: 69
Outcome
Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation
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>, T70/1530,List of Arrivals and Departures<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>, MR,MSC,f.17r<><p>Misplaced reference</p>, BRO, SMV/9/3/3/4,106<><i>Bristol Record Office</i> (Bristol, UK) Society of Merchant Venturers, Sailors’ petitions for relief from the Society of Merchant Venturers
Individuals (4)
P_10404_0956 - James Rumsey
Role: Owner
P_10404_1068 - John Malton
Role: Owner
P_10404_1069 - Thomas Jenkins
Role: Owner
P_10404_0756 - John Brown
Role: Owner