Princess Amelia

Princess Amelia was launched in 1798 at Liverpool. She made eight complete voyages as a Liverpool-based slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. After the end of British participation in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, she became a merchantman. She was probably the Princess Amelia, from Liverpool, that was lost in 1810. Career Princess Amelia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1798. 1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1798–1799): Captain John Livingston acquired a letter of marque on 9 October 1798. He sailed from Liverpool on 21 November 1798. In 1798, 160 British vessels sailed from British ports bound on enslaving voyages. This was the largest annual number in the 1795–1804 period. One hundred and forty-nine sailed from Liverpool. Princess Amelia acquired captives at Bonny and arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 14 May 1799 with 441 captives. She sailed from Kingston on 17 June and arrived back at Liverpool on 17 September. She had left Liverpool with 51 crew members and she had suffered 20 crew deaths on her voyage.