Английская Википедия:Argo (1806 Liverpool ship)

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Argo was built in France in 1783, possibly under another name. She was taken in prize circa 1806 and sailed as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She first appeared in the Register of Shipping in 1806.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1806 Thomson McDowell Liverpool–Africa RS; damages repaired 1806

Captain William Thompson sailed Argo from Liverpool on 10 April 1806, bound for Bonny.[2][3]

In September 1806 Lloyd's List reported that Argo, of Liverpool, Thompson, master, had been lost on the coast of Africa.[4]Шаблон:Sfnp She had been lost on the Windward Coast; Her crew was saved.[3]

In 1806, 33 British ships in the triangular trade were lost. Twenty-three of these were lost on the coast of Africa.Шаблон:Sfnp During the period 1793 to 1807, war, rather than maritime hazards or resistance by the captives, was the greatest cause of vessel losses among British slave vessels.Шаблон:Sfnp

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References

  1. RS (1806), "A" supple. pages.
  2. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Argo voyage #80345.
  3. 3,0 3,1 "SHIP NEWS". Lancaster Gazetter (Lancaster, England), 4 October 1806, Volume 6, Issue 277.
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