17481 – Fonmon Castle (1760 – 1761)
Voyage ID: 17481
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Fonmon Castle
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 272.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1760
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1761
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Bonny
Principal landing location: Martinique, port unspecified
Number embarked: 340
Number disembarked: 294
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Captured before disembarking slaves; vessel recaptured or released subsequently
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>, LList, 10 Nov 1761<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, BRO, SMV/9/3/3/4,125<><i>Bristol Record Office</i> (Bristol, UK) Society of Merchant Venturers, Sailors’ petitions for relief from the Society of Merchant Venturers
Individuals (2)
P_10404_0928 - Walker Stroud
Role: Captain
P_10404_1057 - John Coghlan
Role: Owner