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]
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Chambers |
| Builder | Liverpool[1] |
| Launched | 1794[1] |
| Fate | Foundered March 1795 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 198[1][2] (bm) |
| Complement | 20[2] |
| Armament | 14 × 4-pounder guns[2] |
| 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
edit- ^ a b c d LR (1794), Seq.No.C534.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Voyages: Chambers.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2699. 17 March 1795. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233118.