17492 – Mercury (1760 – 1761)

Voyage ID: 17492

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Mercury

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 92.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1760

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1761

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 386

Number disembarked: 351

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), LList, 18 Sept 1761<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 5 Jan 1762<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0931 - Robert Gordon

Role: Owner