History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Jane |
Builder | Liverpool |
Launched | 1805 |
Fate | Exploded 1806 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 194[1] (bm) |
Complement | 32[1] |
Armament |
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Jane was launched at Liverpool in 1805 as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. An explosion, the result of a rebellion by her captives, destroyed her in 1806.
Jane first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LL) in 1805 with Magennis, master, Falkner & Co., owners, and trade Liverpool–Africa.[2] Captain John Magginnis acquired a letter of marque on 22 July 1805.[1] Captain John Maginnis sailed from Liverpool on 11 August 1805.[3]
While Jane, McGinnis, master, was at the Congo she blew up in 1806, reportedly as the result of a rebellion.[4] The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade database reports that almost the entire crew and all the captives were killed.[3] However, Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Byam, a ship also gathering captives at the Congo, had rescued the master, crew, and 25 captives and delivered them to Dutch Guiana.[5][6][7] One source described the rebellion as partly successful in that it resulted in some captives regaining their freedom.[4]