Union (1791 ship)

Union was launched in 1791 in Liverpool. She became a slave ship that the French captured on her first slave voyage. Captain R. Farrington sailed for West Africa on 15 August 1792.[1]

History
Great Britain
NameUnion
OwnerJohn Ratcliffe, George Hauit, & William Thompson[1]
BuilderLiverpool[1]
Launched1791[1]
Captured1793
General characteristics
Tons burthen113[2] (bm)
Complement24[2]
Armament10 × 4-pounder guns[2]

Captain George Hauit acquired a letter of marque for Union on 1 March 1793,[2] just after the outbreak of war with France.

The French privateer Liberty, of Bordeaux, captured seven slave ships before July 1793: Union, Farrington, Little Joe, Echo, Mercury, Hazard, Prosperity, and Swift, Roper, master. The capture of Union took place off Bassa.[3] [lower-alpha 1]

Robust recaptured Little Joe and Echo. HMS Andromeda recaptured Prosperity; the cutter HMS Seaflower recaptured Mercury. Liberty ransomed Swift after plundering her.

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. There was a Liberté, privateer from Bordeaux, with 16 to 20 guns, that was commissioned in February 1793 under Jacques Laventy. She was sold in Guadeloupe in June 1793 by a Mister Mehy, and operated under a Captain Le Bas until 1794.[4]

Citations

  1. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Union voyage #83890.
  2. "Letter of Marque, p.90 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5228. 26 July 1793. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. Demerliac (1999), p. 266, n°2341.

References

  • Demerliac, Alain (1999). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 9782906381247. OCLC 492783890.
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