Admiral Kingsmill (1796 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Admiral Kingsmill |
| Namesake | Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet |
| Owner |
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| Acquired | 1796 |
| Fate | Captured 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Brig |
| Tons burthen | 120,[1] or 139,[2] or 160[3] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 50[2] |
| Armament | 10 × 4&6-pounder guns[2] |
| Notes | Tin sheathing |
Admiral Kingsmill appeared in Lloyd's Register for 1797 as a British clinker-built and Cork-based privateer. The entry showed her master as Thornton. She had undergone repairs in 1796 and was armed with ten 6-pounder guns.[1] Captain Eleazer Thornton acquired a letter of marque for Admiral Kingsmill on 19 December 1796.[2] Lloyd's Register for 1798 described her as a tin-sheathed brig. It gave her burthen as 160 tons and her trade as Liverpool-Africa, indicating that she was probably a slave ship.
A database of slave-trading voyages showed her master as Hugh Kessick, and her owners as James Penny, James Penny, Jr., Moses Benson, and John Backhouse. She left Liverpool on 8 June 1797 and gathered her slaves from West Central Africa. Admiral Kingsmill delivered 263 slaves to Martinique on 20 March 1798.[3]
Admiral Kingsmill was last listed in Lloyd's Register and the Register of Shipping in 1800.
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1797), Supplemental pages, Seq. №A57.
- ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.47 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ a b Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database Voyages: Admiral Kingsmill.