Ascension (Ship)

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Formerly in Levant trade, 260 tons, 24 guns, 75/82 crew. Voyages: (1) 1600/1 East Indies. Capt William Brand/Robert Pope. Woolwich 13 Feb 1601 - Torbay 20 Apr - 1 May Canaries - 9 Sep Cape 29 Oct - 17 Dec Madagascar 6 Mar 1602 - 9 May Nicobars - 5 Jun Acheh - at capture of San Antonio carrack in Straits of Malacca 11 Sep - 24 Oct Acheh 9 Nov - sent for England 11 Nov - arrived Jun 1603. (2) 1603/4 Bantam. Capt Roger Style/Christopher Colthurst. Gravesend 25 Mar 1604 - 24 Apr Maio - 17 Jul Cape 20 Aug - 23 Dec Bantam 18 Jan 1605 - 10 Feb Amboina - 20 Feb Bandas 21 Jul - 16 Aug Bantam 6 Oct - 3 Feb 1606 St Helena - 6 May Downs. (3) 1607/8 Surat. Capt Alexander Sharpeigh. Woolwich 14 Mar 1608 - Plymouth 31 Mar - 12 Apr Canaries - 27 Apr Maio - 14 Jul Cape 19 Sep - 25 Nov Comoros - 11 Dec Pemba - 19 Jan 1609 Seychelles - 7 Apr Aden - 26 May Mokha 26 Jul - 8 Aug Socotra - 30 Aug reached Indian coast nr Mahuwa, Kathiawar - sailed for Surat 2 Sep - lost on Malacca Banks 3 Sep - crew reached Surat.

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referencedIn Ascension: Fragment of journal, William Taverner, master British Library
referencedIn Ascension: Journal, William Revett, factor British Library
referencedIn Slavery Collection, 1709-1864. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Slavery Collection, 1709-1899 New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Ascension (Ship). Slave reckoning, 1794-1798. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
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