Bloom (1789 ship)
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | Bloom |
| Launched: | 1789, Liverpool |
| Fate: | Last listed in 1799 |
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| Tons burthen: | 143[1][2] (bm) |
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Bloom was launched in 1789 at Liverpool as a Guineaman. She made three complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She then made a voyage as a West Indiaman, before trading between Cork and Liverpool. She was last listed in 1799.
Career
Bloom was a replacement for another Bloom. The two vessels had roughly the same owners, who had the former Bloom broken up earlier in 1789.
Bloom first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1789.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1789 | Cockrill | T.Foxcroft | Liverpool–Africa | LR |
1st slave trading voyage (1789–1790): Captain William Cockerell sailed from Liverpool on 29 April 1789. Bloom sailed from Africa on 8 March 1790 and arrived at Kingston Jamaica on 24 April with 199 slaves. She sailed from Kingston on 18 May and arrived back at Liverpool on 3 July.[3]
2nd slave trading voyage (1790–1791): Captain Peter Garaty sailed from Liverpool on 25 October 1790, bound for West Africa. He acquired slaves in the Cape Mount region and arrived at Grenada in July 1791 with 231 slaves. Bloom arrived back at Liverpool on 11 September 1791. She had left Liverpool with 26 crew members and she had suffered six crew deaths on her voyage.[4]
3rd slave voyage (1792–1793): Captain William Cockerell sailed from Liverpool on 12 January 1792. He started acquiring slaves at Cape Mount on 23 March. Bloom sailed from Africa on 3 December, and arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 18 January 1793. She had embarked 237 slaves and she arrived with 234, for a 1% mortality rate on the Middle Passage. She sailed from Kingston on 20 February and arrived back at Liverpool on 22 April. She had left Liverpool with 31 crew members and had suffered 10 crew deaths on her voyage.[5]
Bloom acquired a new owner, who did not intend to use her as a slave ship.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1793 | Cockerill E.Vreeling |
T.Foxcroft John Roche |
Liverpool–Africa | LR |
| 1794 | Verling Baxter |
John Roche | Cork–Grenada | LR |
War with France had commenced in early 1793. Captain Edward Verling acquired a letter of marque on 18 September 1793. In February 1794 Lloyd's List reported that Bloom, Verling, master, had arrived at Lisbon from Cork.
Then in February Bloom, Baxter, master, arrived back at Cork from Lisbon. From Cork he sailed to the West Indies, returning to Dublin from Martinique. Captain David Baxter acquired a letter of marque on 27 September 1794.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796 | Baxter | John Roche | Cork–Liverpool | LR |
Fate
Bloom was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1799.
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LR (1789), Seq.no.B495.
- ↑ "Letter of Marque, p.53 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Bloom voyage #80591.
- ↑ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Bloom voyage #80592.
- ↑ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Bloom voyage #80593.
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