Leander (1799 ship)

Leander was launched on the Thames in 1799. She was captured in 1801 after she had delivered the slaves she had gathered on her first voyage as a slave ship.

For other ships with the same name, see Leander (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name: Leander
Builder: Thames
Launched: 1799
Captured: January 1801
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 429,[1] or 439[2] (bm)
Complement: 45[1]
Armament:
  • 1799:2 × 9-pounder guns + 24 × 18-pounder carronades[1]
  • 1800:4 × 12-pounder guns + 22 × 18-pounder carronades

Leander entered Lloyd's List (LR) in 1799 with Anderson, master, Huggins, owner, and trade London–Africa.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1800 Anderson Ewing
Hugham		 London–Africa Register of Shipping

Captain Charles Anderson acquired a letter of marque on 3 December 1799.[1] Captain Christopher Anderson sailed from London on 21 January 1800. Leander acquired her slaves at Bonny Island. Leander arrived at Kingston on 10 October with 361 slaves. She sailed from Kingston on 29 November.[3]

On 17 January 1801 a privateer of 22 guns and 160 men captured Leander, Anderson, master, as she was on her way from Jamaica back to London[4]

While she was on her voyage her ownership and intended trade changed.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1801 Anderson
C.Brown		 T.Huggan
T.Campbell		 London–Africa
London–Grenada		 LR

Her entry in the 1801 volume of LR bears the annotation "Captured".[5]

Citations
  1. "Letter of Marque, p.72 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. LR (1799), Seq.№L430.
  3. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Leander voyage #822469.
  4. Lloyd's List 27 January 1801, №4120.
  5. LR (1801), Seq.№L104.
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