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}} | Swan was launched at Greenock in 1800. She traded widely until \\iIn 1805 she became a slave ship. She was lost in 1806 while delivering her slaves. Swan appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1800 with Hattrick, master, Ritchie, owner, and trade Greenock–Jamaica, changing to Greenock–Newfoundland.[1]| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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| 1802 | J. Fraser | Hamilton & Co. | Greenock–Trinidad | Register of Shipping | | 1804 | J. Fraser
J. Bryant | Hamilton & Co.
McKenzie & Co. | Greenock–Grenada
London–Seville | LR | | 1805 | J.Bryant
D.Smith | M'Kenzie | London–Seville
London–Africa | LR; damages repaired and good repair 1805 | | 1806 | D. Smith | A. Shaw | London–Africa | LR; almost rebuilt 1803; damages repaired and good repair 1805 | |
Slave voyage: Captain D. Smith sailed from England on 1 November 1805.[2] Swan gathered her slaves in the region and then sailed for Charleston. She wrecked near Charleston on 10 May; all her people were saved.[3] Reportedly, she landed 194 slaves.[2] The entry for her in the Register of Shipping for 1806 has the annotation "LOST" by her name.[4]Citations1. ^1 [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065522479?urlappend=%3Bseq=361 Lloyd;s Register (1800), Seq.№S491.]
2. ^1 2 Trans Atlantic salve Trade database – Voyages: swan.
3. ^[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735022?urlappend=%3Bseq=317 Lloyd's List №4064.]
4. ^[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021233542?urlappend=%3Bseq=511 Register of Shipping (1806), Seq.№S839.]
{{italic title}} 4 : 1800 ships|Age of Sail merchant ships of England|Slave ships|Maritime incidents in 1806 |