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Tarleton (1780 ship)
Tarleton was built in France under another name in 1778 (or simply captured then). The partnership of the Tarletons and Backhouse purchased her in 1779. She first traded as a West Indiaman, sailing between Liverpool and Jamaica. She then became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made three complete voyages from Liverpool transporting enslaved people and was lost in November 1788 at the outset of her fourth voyage.
The High Court of Admiralty condemned her on 4 November 1778 and she was made free on 5 February 1779 at Liverpool.
Captain Joseph Thomas acquired a letter of marque on 1 March 1779. Her owners were John Daniel Backhouse and Thomas Tarleton Tarleton.
Missing pages in extant issues of Lloyd's Register (LR) mean that Tarleton first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1781. She then made several voyages as a West Indiaman.
First voyage transporting enslaved people (1784–1785): Captain Patrick Fairweather was an experienced captain of slave ships. He had made his first voyage to Calabar in 1755, probably as an apprentice on Dalrymple while still a teenager. His first command had been in 1768.
Fairweather left Liverpool on 24 March 1784, bound for the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands to acquire captives. He gathered the captives at Calabar and then delivered them to Grenada, arriving on 3 February 1785. Fairweather had embarked 557 captives and disembarked 510, for a loss rate of 8.4%. Her crew of 38 suffered three deaths. Tarleton left Grenada 7 March and arrived at Liverpool 21 April 1785.
Second voyage transporting enslaved people (1785–1786): Fairweather sailed from Liverpool on 23 June 1785 bound for the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands to acquire captives. She arrived at Calabar on 14 August. She stayed there 180 days. Tarleton left on 20 March 1786. Tarleton delivered the captives to Dominica, where she arrived on 9 May. She had embarked 440 captives and disembarked 360, for a loss rate of 18.2%. She also had 46 crew men, five of whom died on the voyage. At some point in the voyage Captain Thomas Smith replaced Fairweather. Tarleton left Dominica on 4 July, and arrived at Liverpool on 5 September. When she arrived at Liverpool she brought with her 57 puncheons and one butt of palm oil, 50 barrels of pepper, 105 ivory tusks, eight tons of redwood, and cargo from the West Indies.
A list of cargoes taken up at Old Calabar between 1785 and 1788 states that on one voyage Tarleton loaded 440 captives, an estimated 1,512 lbs of ivory, 4,915 gals of palm oil, 9,800 lbs of pepper, and 17,920 lbs of redwood.
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Tarleton was built in France under another name in 1778 (or simply captured then). The partnership of the Tarletons and Backhouse purchased her in 1779. She first traded as a West Indiaman, sailing between Liverpool and Jamaica. She then became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made three complete voyages from Liverpool transporting enslaved people and was lost in November 1788 at the outset of her fourth voyage.
The High Court of Admiralty condemned her on 4 November 1778 and she was made free on 5 February 1779 at Liverpool.
Captain Joseph Thomas acquired a letter of marque on 1 March 1779. Her owners were John Daniel Backhouse and Thomas Tarleton Tarleton.
Missing pages in extant issues of Lloyd's Register (LR) mean that Tarleton first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1781. She then made several voyages as a West Indiaman.
First voyage transporting enslaved people (1784–1785): Captain Patrick Fairweather was an experienced captain of slave ships. He had made his first voyage to Calabar in 1755, probably as an apprentice on Dalrymple while still a teenager. His first command had been in 1768.
Fairweather left Liverpool on 24 March 1784, bound for the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands to acquire captives. He gathered the captives at Calabar and then delivered them to Grenada, arriving on 3 February 1785. Fairweather had embarked 557 captives and disembarked 510, for a loss rate of 8.4%. Her crew of 38 suffered three deaths. Tarleton left Grenada 7 March and arrived at Liverpool 21 April 1785.
Second voyage transporting enslaved people (1785–1786): Fairweather sailed from Liverpool on 23 June 1785 bound for the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands to acquire captives. She arrived at Calabar on 14 August. She stayed there 180 days. Tarleton left on 20 March 1786. Tarleton delivered the captives to Dominica, where she arrived on 9 May. She had embarked 440 captives and disembarked 360, for a loss rate of 18.2%. She also had 46 crew men, five of whom died on the voyage. At some point in the voyage Captain Thomas Smith replaced Fairweather. Tarleton left Dominica on 4 July, and arrived at Liverpool on 5 September. When she arrived at Liverpool she brought with her 57 puncheons and one butt of palm oil, 50 barrels of pepper, 105 ivory tusks, eight tons of redwood, and cargo from the West Indies.
A list of cargoes taken up at Old Calabar between 1785 and 1788 states that on one voyage Tarleton loaded 440 captives, an estimated 1,512 lbs of ivory, 4,915 gals of palm oil, 9,800 lbs of pepper, and 17,920 lbs of redwood.