Kingston (1806 Liverpool ship)

History
Britain
Name: Kingston
Owner:
  • 1806:Litt & Co.[1]
  • 1808:Burke & Co.
Launched: 1812
Fate: 1810 reported lost at Barbuda
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 412[2] (bm)
Sail plan: Ship
Complement: 50[2]
Armament:
  • 1806:16 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades[2]
  • 1810:4 × 9-pounder + 12 × 12-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades[3]

Kingston was launched in 1806 at Liverpool. She made one voyage as a slave ship. Thereafter she traded with the West Indies until she was lost in 1809.

Career

Kingston appears in Lloyd's Register in 1806 with Callaghan, master, Litt & Co., owner, built in Liverpool, and trade Liverpool—Africa.[1]

On 18 August 1806 Captain Patrick Callan acquired a letter of marque.[2] He then sailed her on a slave trading voyage to the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands. He delivered his slaves to Jamaica.[4]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1807 Callaghan Litt & Co. Liverpool—Africa Lloyd's Register
1808 Callaghan
Creighton		 Litt & Co.
Burke & Co.		 Liverpool—Africa
London—Jamaica		 Lloyd's Register
1809 Creighton Burke & Co. London—Jamaica Lloyd's Register
1809 L. Bruton Burke & Co. London—Jamaica Register of Shipping
1810 Bruton Burke & Co. London—St Croix Lloyd's Register
1810 L. Bruton Burke & Co. London—Jamaica Register of Shipping[3]

Fate

Lloyd's List reported on 2 March 1810 that Kingston, Bruxton, master, had been lost at Barbuda while sailing from St Croix to Liverpool.[5] The Register of Shipping for 1810 has the notation "LOST" by her name.[3]

Citations and references

Citations

References

  • Behrendt, Stephen D. (1990) "The Captains in the British Slave Trade from 1785 to 1807". Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Vol. 140, pp.79-140.
  • Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
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