78017 – New Britannia (1770 – 1771)

Voyage ID: 78017

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: New Britannia

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 269.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1770

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1771

Arrival Location: London

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gambia

Principal landing location: Charleston

Number embarked: 120

Number disembarked: 90

Number of deaths: 30

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

ADM7/96<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty, BT6/3,174<>TNA (Kew, London), LR1768<>Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London)., Donnan,IV,438<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), LList, 16 July 1771<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), GG, 9 May, 1771<>Georgia Gazette, ADM68/202,123<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty

Individuals (1)

P_10433_1734 - John Shoolbred

Role: Owner