A Mercury of 126 ton (bm) first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1793.[2]
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Master |
Owner |
Trade |
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1793 |
Lockhart |
J.Taylor |
London–Antigua |
LR |
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Capture (1793): Captain George Hauit sailed from Liverpool on 1 January 1793. Mercury gathered slaves at Bance Island. She sailed from Africa on 7 August.[1]
The French privateer Liberty, of Bordeaux, captured seven slave ships before July 1793: Mercury, Hewitt, master, Echo, Union, Little Joe, Prosperity, Hazard, and Swift, Roper, master. Mercury was captured off Cape Mount.[3][lower-alpha 1]
The cutter HMS Seaflower recaptured Mercury. In December 1793 Lloyd's List reported that Mercury, Hewitt, master, had arrived at Barbados.[6][lower-alpha 2]
Captain Hewitt purchased the recaptured Mercury.