Elizabeth (1806 ship)

Elizabeth was a snow launched in 1806 at Liverpool for the slave trade. She left Liverpool on 19 April 1807 and gathered slaves in West Africa.[1] On 17 October the French privateer Général Ernouf,[4] under the command of the notable French privateer captain Alexis Grassin,[5] captured Elizabeth after Elizabeth had embarked her slaves. Général-Ernouf sent her into Guadeloupe with her cargo of 176 Negroes.[3]

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Elizabeth.
History
United Kingdom
Name: Elizabeth
Owner: John & Philip Hind[1]
Builder: Liverpool[1]
Launched: 1806[1]
Fate: Captured 1807
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 144,[1] or 148[2] (bm)
Sail plan: Snow
Complement: 24,[3] or 25[1]
Armament: 14 × 6-pounder guns,[3] or carronades[4]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Voyages: Elizabeth.
  2. Lloyd's Register (1807), Supple. pages "E", Seq.№21.
  3. Journal politique de Mannheim (10 May 1808), p.2 & (26 July 1808), p.2.
  4. Gallois (1847), p. 434.
  5. Demerliac (2004), p. 322loc=#2750.

References

  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
  • Gallois, Napoléon (1847). Les Corsaires français sous la République et l'Empire (in French). 2. Julien, Lanier et compagnie.
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