Queen Charlotte (1770 ship)

Queen Charlotte was built in Ireland in 1770 but did not appear in British online records until 1786. She made two voyages as a slave ship and was sold in Barbados in 1793 after delivering her slaves from her second voyage.

For other ships with the same name, see Queen Charlotte (ship).

History
Kingdom of Great Britain
Builder:	Ireland
Launched:	1770
Fate:	sold 1793
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	44,[1] or 46,[2] or 70[3] (bm)
Complement:	16 (1792)
Armament:	1789: 4 guns 1792: No guns

Career

Queen Charlotte first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786, having been almost rebuilt in 1785.[3]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1786	J.Thomas J.Black	Williams & Co.	Bristol–Cork	LR
1789	Fitzgerald W.Newton	J.John & Co.	Bristol–Cork Bristol–Africa	LR

1st slave voyage (1789–1791): Captain William Newton sailed from Bristol on 21 November 1789. She gathered her slaves at Anomabu and arrived with 74 slaves at Jamaica. She sailed from Jamaica on 26 January 1791 and arrived back at Bristol on 28 April.[4]

2nd slave voyage (1792–1793): Captain John George sailed from Bristol 23 June 1792.[5] She gathered her slaves at Anomabu and sailed from Cape Coast Castle on 28 August 1793. She had taken on 44 grown males, 25 grown females, and one male under 4 ft 4 in (1.3 m). One woman died on the voyage. At some point J.Roach became master of Queen Charlotte.[1]

Fate: The vessel was reported sold at Barbados.[1]

Citations and references

Citations

1. Richardson (1996), p. 223.
2. LR (1789, Seq.№Q17.
3. LR (1786), Seq.№Q12.
4. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Queen Charlotte voyage #18051.
5. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Queen Charlotte voyage #18160.

References

• Richardson, David, ed. (1996). Bristol, Africa, and the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade to America, Vo. 4 The Final Years, 1770-1807. Bristol Record Society, c/o Department of Historical Studies, Univ. of Bristol. ISBN 0 901538 17 5.