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She then sailed from Africa on 30 April 1790, and arrived at Jamaica in June 1790. She had embarked 242 captives and disembarked 240, for an unusually low loss rate of 0.8%. [3] After the passage of Dolben's Act in 1788, masters received a bonus of £100 for a mortality rate of under 2%; the ship's surgeon received £50. For a mortality rate ...
In 1789 her master was J. Aldis, changing to J. Carr, her owner Long & Co., and her trade London—Jamaica. [ 8 ] In 1796 Calvert & Co. purchased Fame from Long & Co. [ 3 ] In connection with the transfer of ownership, Fame underwent a thorough repair.
Vessels include those owned by the Marine Department of Pickands Mather & Company from the company's founding in 1883 until its sale to Diamond Shamrock Corporation in 1968; those owned by Diamond Shamrock Corporation until the sale of the subsidiary to Moore-McCormack Resources in 1973; those owned by Moore-McCormack Resources until the sale ...
Merritt-Chapman & Scott, nicknamed "The Black Horse of the Sea", was a noted marine salvage and construction firm of the United States, with worldwide operations. The chief predecessor company was founded in the 1860s by Israel Merritt, but a large number of other firms were merged in over the course of the company's history.
The sale of colonial ships built on the British market enabled English merchants to secure cheap tonnage and gave American merchants an important source of income to pay for their imports. All the colonies exported shipping, but once again, New England was the chief contributor. A foreign market during colonial times.
Sexual assault allegations on cruise ships rose last year, federal data shows. There were 131 sex crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2023 on ships embarking and disembarking ...
John Bull was a sailing ship built in 1799 at Liverpool for the trade in enslaved people. She made one voyage carrying captives from West Africa to Jamaica. Thereafter she became a West Indiaman, trading with Jamaica. Early in this period she was a letter of marque, and captured a French merchant vessel.