Chambers (1794 ship)
18th century ship of Great Britain
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Chambers was a ship launched in 1794 in Liverpool. Captain Theophilus Bent acquired a letter of marque on 10 February 1794. Chambers first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1794.[1]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794 | T.Bent | Rt.Bent | Liverpool–Africa | LR |
A trade of Liverpool to Africa often signals participation in the Atlantic triangular slave trade. On the one hand, Chambers does not appear the pre-eminent database of trans-Atlantic slave voyages.[3] On the other hand, Chambers, Bent, master, was lost off Wexford, Ireland in 1795 while sailing from Jamaica to Liverpool,[4] which would represent the third segment of the triangular trade. She had arrived in Jamaica, from Africa, circa October 1794, a voyage that would represent the second leg of the trade.