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''Alexander'', was built in France in 1791 under a different name. She was taken as a prize and her new owners renamed her ''Alexander''. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), and then became a slave ship, making several voyages between 1798 and 1807. She is last listed in 1809. ==Career== It is currently not possible to identify ''Alexander''s name before she became an English prize.〔Hackman (2001), p. 221.〕 ''Alexander'' appears in ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1794 with Js. Boulton, master, Thompson, owner, and trade London-Ostend. Her burthen is given as 257 tons (bm),〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1794). )〕 but that is corrected to 357 tons the next year.〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1795). )〕 In 1796, ''Lloyd's Register'' showed a change in ownership to Connick & Co. Modifications to the entry showed the master as changing to W. Wallace, and her trade to London-Botany Bay.〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1796). )〕 However, ''Alexander'' next voyage for the East India Company (EIC) as an extra ship, i.e., under contract. Captain William Wallace left Portsmouth 12 August 1796, bound for Bengal. ''Alexander'' reached Saugor on 23 January 1797, and Calcutta six days later. She left Culpee on 27 March 1797. She reached the Cape on 12 July, St Helena on 17 September, and Long Reach on 18 December.〔National Archives: ''Alexander'' (2),(- accessed 8 November 2014. )〕 ''Alexander'' then was sold into the Africa and West Indies slave trade.〔 ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1798 shows ''Alexander'', French-built in 1791, of 357 tons, with master Wallace and owner Connick, as being on the London-East Indies trade. A later amendment to the entry shows a new master, W. Cockerill, a new owner, B. Smith, and a new trade, Liverpool-Africa.〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1798). )〕 ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1799 gives the names of her master and her owner as William Cockerel, and Smith & Co.〔(''Lloyd's Register'' 1799. )〕 Cockerel had received a letter of marque for ''Alexander'' on 6 September 1798.〔("Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793-1815"; p.49. Accessed 13 April 2013. )〕 A database of slave voyages shows ''Alexander'', under the command of William Cockerell, sailing to West Central Africa and St Helena, and taking slaves to Jamaica. A later amendment to the entry for ''Alexander'' in the 1800 issue of ''Lloyd's Register'' shows a change of master to G. Farquhar.〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1800) - accessed 27 October 2015. )〕 George Farquhar received a letter of marque on 22 April 1800.〔 Farquhar sailed ''Alexander'' to West Central Africa and St Helena in 1800, and then took slaves to Jamaica. The ''Lloyd's Register'' entry continues unchanged until 1805, though the database of slave voyages does not list further voyages. An amendment to the entry for ''Alexander'' in the 1805 issue of ''Lloyd's Register'' shows a change of master to V. May, and a change of owner to "Ti()".〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1805). )〕 Vincent May received a letter of marque on 19 October 1805.〔 The database of slave voyages shows the master as Vincent May and the owner as John Titherington. The database does not identify the voyage. ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1807 shows the owner as Titherton; an amendment to the entry gives a new master by the name of Smith.〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1807). )〕 John Smith received a letter of marque on 13 December 1806.〔 The database of slave voyages has the master's name as John Smith, and the voyage as being from the Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands to Jamaica. The entries in ''Lloyd's Register'' do not change until 1809, even though the Slave Trade Act 1807 had abolished the trade for British vessels. An amendment to the entry in the 1809 ''Lloyd's Register'' shows a change of master to J. Towers.〔(''Lloyd's Register'' (1809). )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander (1794 ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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