Backhouse was launched at Hull in 1799 as a West Indiaman. Mather & Co. purchased her in 1800 and then employed her on two whaling voyages to the Southern...

captured her early in 1810 as she was returning to Britain from Brazil. Backhouse (1799 ship) was launched at Hull as a West Indiaman. Mather & Co. purchased...

Backhouse was launched in 1798, at Dartmouth. In all, she made four voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. Between the second...

slave revolt on the ship gave rise to a case that reached the Supreme Court in United States v. The Amistad. Backhouse (1785 ship) was launched at Chester...

1796, October 8 & 9 – Merchant ship Backhouse repels attack by French privateer 1796, November 28 – The enslaving ship Tarleton repels two different French...

Diana was launched in 1799 at Topsham as a West Indiaman. She was wrecked in 1802. She was first listed in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799. Diana was wrecked...

wedding. The couple had one son before divorcing in May 1943. William Backhouse Astor III (1935–2008), who was an investment banker. He married and later...

New York. He was the youngest of five children and only son of William Backhouse Astor Jr., a businessman, collector, and racehorse breeder/owner, and...

Diomède was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy built at Lorient and launched in 1799 as Union . She was renamed Diomède in 1803...

Herculean was launched in 1799 at Shields. She made two voyages as an "extra ship", under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). She then became...

The list of ship launches in 1799 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1799. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Arran' (1799)". Threedecks...

Lady Burges (or Lady Burgess) was launched in 1799 as an East Indiaman. She made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1800 and...

unseaworthy. Iris entered Lloyd's Register in 1783 with Kirvinton, master, Backhouse, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa. 1st voyage transporting enslaved people...

HMS Athenienne was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the former Maltese ship San Giovanni, which the French captured on...

John Jacob Astor Jr. (1791–1869), sickly and mentally unstable. William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875), who married Margaret Alida Rebecca Armstrong, daughter...

Tarletons and Backhouse purchased her in 1779. She first traded as a West Indiaman, sailing between Liverpool and Jamaica. She then became a slave ship in the...

time and this time her captors took her into Algeciras. Backhouse (1801-1805) Bellisarius (1789-1799) Benjamin (1787-1808) Brothers (1796-1808) Butterworth...

transferred his flag to the third-rate HMS Foudroyant on 8 June 1799, taking Hardy with him. In June 1799, the main fleet, led by Foudroyant, landed marines at...

cargo would be saved. His previous command had been the slave ship Nelly. In 1798–1799 Kneale had sailed Elizabeth on her first enslaving voyage. LR (21800)...

First Naval Lord in November 1795. Promoted to vice-admiral on 14 February 1799, Gambier left the Admiralty after the fall of the first Pitt ministry in...

and her owners as James Penny, James Penny, Jr., Moses Benson, and John Backhouse. She left Liverpool on 8 June 1797 and gathered her slaves from West Central...

officer when he took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in Autumn 1799 and later as a commander when he was in action at Copenhagen Dockyard shortly...

had been a British ship in the West Indies trade before the French had captured her. Wilding reappears in Lloyd's Register in 1799 with E. Sparks, master...

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, KG (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and peer. After serving throughout...

then served in the Mediterranean and was created a baronet on 30 November 1799. In February 1801 he joined the Board of Admiralty as First Naval Lord. Promoted...

Charles Stirling Woollcombe (appointed 1 November 1926) Vice-Admiral Oliver Backhouse (appointed 1 March 1927 and re-appointed 10 October 1929) Vice-Admiral...

named her for her place of capture. She became a letter of marque, slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people, and privateer cum whaler. In...

of Manchu alphabet. The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 1711 – 7 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli...

August 1799, Lake was captain on Trelawney off Cabinda when captives succeeded in taking over the vessel. However, with the assistance of a nearby ship the...

September, bound for Madras and Bengal. Coverdale reached the Cape on 14 January 1799 and arrived at Madras on 9 May. She then arrived at Calcutta on 25 July....