77218 – Thames (1775 – 1777)
Voyage ID: 77218
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Thames
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 269.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1775
Departure Location: London
Arrival Year: 1777
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Accra
Principal landing location: Montego Bay
Number embarked: 279
Number disembarked: 240
Number of deaths: 39
Outcome
Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
Sources
LR1776<><i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping</i>, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London)., ADM7/100<><p><em>British National Archives</em> (Kew), Admiralty</p>, BT6/3,186<><p><em>TNA</em> (Kew, London)</p>, T70/1534<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>, LList, 20 Oct 1775<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, LList, 24 Oct 1775<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, LList, 26 Apr 1776<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, LList, 27 June 1777<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, cc, 3 May 1777<><i>Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)</i>, Coughtry, 241-85<><p>Coughtry, Jay, <em>The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807</em> (Philadelphia, 1981).</p>, Donnan,III,311-32<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, T70/1541<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>
Individuals (2)
P_10433_2356 - John Fletcher
Role: Owner
P_10433_2355 - Peleg Clarke
Role: Captain-owner