Tartar (1799 ship)

Tartar was built in Spain in 1784, almost certainly under another name. She was taken in prize and appears under British ownership in 1799. She became a slave ship sailing from Liverpool but was captured in late 1799 on her first slave trading voyage before she was able to embark any slaves.

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

History
Great Britain
Builder: France
Launched: 1784
Acquired: 1799 by purchase of a prize
Captured: 1799
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 506[1][2] (bm)
Sail plan: Schooner
Complement: 60[1]
Armament: 26 × 9=pounder guns[1][2]

Career

Captain John Sowerby acquired a letter of marque on 22 May 1799. Tartar sailed from Liverpool on 4 July 1799.[3] At some point her master changed to Hewitt. Tartar never appeared in Lloyd's Register and only appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1800.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1800 Hewitt Joseph & Co. Liverpool–Africa RS; small repairs 1799

In late 1799 three French frigates captured Tartar, Hewitt, master, on the Windward Coast, together with three other slavers. The French put the crews aboard Diana and sent her back to Liverpool.[4] Tartar's entry in the Register of Shipping bears the annotation "captured".[2]

Citations
  1. "Letter of Marque, p.89 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. RS (1800), Seq.No.T10.
  3. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Tartar voyage #83715.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4014). 10 January 1800. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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