Malvina (1796 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Malvina (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name| Malvina
Namesake| Malvina
Launched| 1796
Fate| Captured 1804
General characteristics
Tons burthen| 135,[1] or 137,[2] or 145 (bm)
Propulsion| Sail
Complement| 20[1]
Armament|

* 1801: 10 × 4-pounder guns + 2 × 6-pounder carronades
* 1803:6 × 3&4-pounder guns + 2 × 6-pounder carronades + 4 swivel guns[1]

Malvina was launched in 1796 in the United States. She first appeared in British on-line sources in 1800 as a West Indiaman. She made one voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons between May 1803 and late 1804, when she was captured.

## Career

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Malvina, Christie, master, had arrived in the Clyde on 31 July 1800 from Charleston.[3]

Year  | Master  | Owner  | Trade  | Notes & Source

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1800  | Christie  | M'Neil  | Greenock–Jamaica  | LR
1801  | B. Christie  | M'Neil & Co.  | Greenock–Jamaica  | Register of Shipping (RS)
1801  | V. Christie
J.Carr  | M'Neil
Wilson  | Greenock–Jamaica
London–Africa  | LR
1802  | J.Carr  | J.Wilson  | London–Africa  | RS
1802  | J.Carr  | J.Wilson  | London–Africa  | LR America
1803  | J.Carr
J. Watts  | J.Wilson  | London–Africa  | LR

In January 1803 Lloyd's List reported that Malvina, Car, master, was at Goree.

Captain James Watt(s) acquired a letter of marque on 30 May 1803.[1] He sailed from London 14 June 1803.[2] In 1803, 99 vessels sailed from British ports, bound for voyages transporting enslaved people; 15 of these vessels sailed from London.[4] Malvina arrived at Surinam in June 1804.[2]

Tracing Malvina's subsequent history becomes difficult.

Year  | Master  | Owner  | Trade  | Notes & Source

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1804  | J. Watts  | T. Wilson  | London–Africa  | LR
1804  | J. Watts  | J.Wilson  | London–Africa  | RS; Captured

The database on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade reports that Malvina left Suriname on 19 July and arrived back at London on 25 September 1804 with Kavannah, master.[2] However, Malvina, Kavanagh, master, appears to have been a vessel of 353 tons (bm), launched at the British "Plantations" (colonies), in 1801. The volume of the Register of Shipping for 1806 showed her with Humble, owner, and having sailed between London and Suriname.[5]

The volume of the Register of Shipping for 1804 carried the annotation "Captured" by the name of Malvina, Watts, master.[6]

A French privateer captured a Malvina, Carr, master, on 2 December 1803, near Scilly as Malvina was on her way from Savannah to London. The privateer sent her into Saint-Malo.[7][8] By one report the privateer was Braave, of Saint-Malo, and she sent her prize into Nantes.[9] This capture took place before Malvina, Watts, master, arrived in Suriname. The Malvina, Carr, master, that had been captured was probably the Malvina of 246 tons (bm), launched in Maryland in 1790. The volume of LR for 1804 showed her with H.Dawson, master, J.Murray, owner, and trade Liverpool–Savannah.[10] The discrepancy in the masters' names is not ideal, but not definitive as the registers often carried stale or inaccurate data.

LR continued to carry Malvina, Watts, master, until 1809 with data unchanged since 1804.

## Citations

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1. ^ a b c d "Letter of Marque, p.75 – Retrieved 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. ^ a b c d Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Malvina voyage #82427.
3. ^ "SCOTS APPEALS". (7 August 1800), Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Issue: 12306.
4. ^ Williams (1897), p. 680.
5. ^ [1] RS (1804), Seq.No.M37.
6. ^ [2] Register of Shipping (1804), Seq.No.M37.
7. ^ №4410, Lloyd's List.
8. ^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 10, "Marine List".
9. ^ "FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE". Morning Chronicle (1801) (London, England), 23 December 1803, Issue 10793.
10. ^ [3] LR (1804), Seq.No.M43.

## References

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* Williams, Gomer (1897). History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade. W. Heinemann.