Prosperity first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR), in 1789.[1]
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Year |
Master |
Owner |
Trade |
Source |
1789 |
E.Conway |
Strangford |
Bordeaux–Dublin |
LR |
1791 |
J.Conway T.Feagan |
Potter & Co. |
Liverpool–Strangford |
LR |
1792 |
Feagan Churnside R.Kelsall |
Potter & Co. Boyle & Co. |
Liverpool–Strangford Belfast–Dominica |
LR |
1793 |
R.Kelsall |
R.Ward & Co |
Liverpool–Africa |
LR |
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Capture (1793): Captain Richard Kelsall sailed from Liverpool on 3 November 1792.[2] The French privateer Liberty, of Bordeaux, captured seven slave ships before July 1793: Prosperity, Echo, Union, Little Joe, Mercury, Hazard, and Swift, Roper, master.[3][lower-alpha 1]
HMS Andromeda recaptured Prosperity, which arrived at Barbados.[3]
Capture (1794): Captain Kelsall sailed from Liverpool on 14 August 1794.[5]
In December 1794, Lloyd's List reported that Prosperity, Kelsall, master, from Liverpool to Africa, had been captured and taken to France.[6] The capture took place before Prosperity had embarked any slaves.[5]