Chambers (1794 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
NameChambers
BuilderLiverpool[1]
Launched1794[1]
FateFoundered March 1795
General characteristics
Tons burthen198[1][2] (bm)
Complement20[2]
Armament14 × 4-pounder guns[2]

Chambers was a ship launched in 1794 in Liverpool. Captain Theophilus Bent acquired a letter of marque on 10 February 1794. Chambers first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1794.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1794 T.Bent Rt.Bent Liverpool–Africa LR

A trade of Liverpool to Africa often signals participation in the Atlantic triangular slave trade. On the one hand, Chambers does not appear the pre-eminent database of trans-Atlantic slave voyages.[3] On the other hand, Chambers, Bent, master, was lost off Wexford, Ireland in 1795 while sailing from Jamaica to Liverpool,[4] which would represent the third segment of the triangular trade. She had arrived in Jamaica, from Africa, circa October 1794, a voyage that would represent the second leg of the trade.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d LR (1794), Seq.No.C534.
  2. ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.56 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Voyages: Chambers.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2699. 17 March 1795. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233118.
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