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/></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">Great Britain</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Reimsdyke</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>1796, Batavia<sup id="cite_ref-LR1799_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR1799-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Captured</td><td>1797<sup id="cite_ref-LR1798_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR1798-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> & 1803</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Disappeared December 1803</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Teak-built</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tons burthen</td><td>281,<sup id="cite_ref-LR1798_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR1798-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 290, or 295, or 299 (<a href="/wiki/Builder%27s_Old_Measurement" title="Builder's Old Measurement">bm</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1799:4 × 6-pounder guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1800:6 × 6-pounder guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1801:2 × 6-pounder guns</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Reimsdyke</b></i> was launched at Batavia in 1796. She was taken in <a href="/wiki/Prize_(law)" title="Prize (law)">prize</a> in 1797 and became a British <a href="/wiki/West_Indiaman" title="West Indiaman">West Indiaman</a>. In 1801 she became a <a href="/wiki/Slave_ship" title="Slave ship">slave ship</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Triangular_trade" title="Triangular trade">triangular trade</a> in enslaved people. She made one complete voyage. In 1803 the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> captured her on her second voyage as she was sailing under the colours of the <a href="/wiki/Batavian_Republic" title="Batavian Republic">Batavian Republic</a> and she was condemned in <a href="/wiki/Prize_(law)" title="Prize (law)">prize</a>. She drifted out to sea after her capture and disappeared with over 200 captives still aboard. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Possible_origin">Possible origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reimsdyke_(1796_ship)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Possible origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Quasi-War" title="Quasi-War">Quasi-War</a> between France and the United States, <i>Reimsdyke</i>, of <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a>, Ahorn, master, was returning from <a href="/wiki/Isle_de_France_(Mauritius)" title="Isle de France (Mauritius)">Île de France</a> when a French privateer captured her and took her into <a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">St Martin's</a>. A British lugger cut her out and took <i>Reimsdyke</i> into Tortola.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECobbett180144484_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECobbett180144484-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 February 1798, <i>Reymsdyke</i>, M'Clenahan, master, arrived at Gravesend from Martinique. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reimsdyke_(1796_ship)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Reimsdyke</i> first appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_Register" title="Lloyd's Register">Lloyd's Register</a></i> (<i>LR</i>) as <i>Reymsdyk</i>, with origin India.<sup id="cite_ref-LR1798_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR1798-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Master </th> <th>Owner </th> <th>Trade </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td>1798 </td> <td>M'Clann<br />J.Hanna </td> <td>Bourdieu </td> <td>London–Martinique </td> <td><i>LR</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1799 </td> <td>J.Hanna<br />Owen </td> <td>Bourdieu<br />T.Dudgeon </td> <td>London–Martinique </td> <td><i>LR</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1800 </td> <td>R.Owen<br />R.Colston </td> <td>Calvert & Co. </td> <td>London-Demerara </td> <td><i>LR</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>On 16 February 1800, <i>Reimsdyke</i>, Fry, master, came into Plymouth leaky. She was carrying a cargo from London to <a href="/wiki/Demerara" title="Demerara">Demerara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Master </th> <th>Owner </th> <th>Trade </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td>1801 </td> <td>R.Colston </td> <td>Camden </td> <td>London-Demerara </td> <td><i>LR</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1802 </td> <td>R.Colston<br />M'Ivers </td> <td>T.King </td> <td>London–Africa </td> <td><i>LR</i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1801–1802): </b><i>Reimsdyke</i> sailed from London on 17 November 1801, bound for Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-TAST83302_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TAST83302-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1801, 147 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for the trade in enslaved people; 23 of these vessels sailed from London.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1897680_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1897680-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_List" title="Lloyd's List">Lloyd's List</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s ship arrival and departure data and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Voyage database report that her captain was Cooley, or Richard Coley, but the database also reports that Coley had left England on 4 August 1801 as captain of <a href="/wiki/Minerva_(1799_ship)" title="Minerva (1799 ship)"><i>Minerva</i></a>, not returning until 22 August 1802.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Lloyd's List</i> also reported that <i>Reimsdyke</i>, Cooley, master was at Portsmouth on 1 December, having returned from Africa. The actual master was James McIver.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Reimsdyke</i> started acquiring captives on 25 January 1802, first at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast_Castle" title="Cape Coast Castle">Cape Coast Castle</a>, and then at <a href="/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a>. She arrived at Demerara on 31 May, with 274 captives. She arrived back at London on 19 September, under the command of Captain Nox.<sup id="cite_ref-TAST83302_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TAST83302-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1802–loss):</b> Captain James McIver sailed from London on 21 December 1802.<sup id="cite_ref-TAST83303_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TAST83303-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1802, 155 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for the trade in enslaved people; 30 of these vessels sailed from London.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1897680_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1897680-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She sailed to Rotterdam with a cargo of sugar from London. At Rotterdam she took on four more crew members and trade goods and sailed for West Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She sailed during the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Amiens" title="Treaty of Amiens">Peace of Amiens</a> so trading with The Netherlands was not an issue. Furthermore, <i>Reimsdyke</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s owner, Thomas King, also arranged for her nominal sale to two agents there. King had plantations in <a href="/wiki/Demerara" title="Demerara">Demerara</a>, which was a <a href="/wiki/Dutch_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Dutch colonization of the Americas">Dutch Colony</a> and the authorities would not permit British ships to deliver enslaved people to the colony. King's nominal sale would permit <i>Reimsdyke</i> to sail under the Dutch flag and so deliver to his plantations the captives that he would acquire in West Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenton2011359_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenton2011359-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Reimsdyke</i> started acquiring captives on 24 February 1803 at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Coast_Castle" title="Cape Coast Castle">Cape Coast Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TAST83303_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TAST83303-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actually, she visited several ports on the coast. Ultimately, most of the captives she carried came from <i>Minerva</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> another vessel that Henry King owned. </p><p>The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade database reports that <i>Reimsdyke</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s subsequent fate is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-TAST83303_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TAST83303-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, more is known. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fate">Fate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reimsdyke_(1796_ship)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 August 1803 <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hornet_(1794_sloop-of-war)" title="HMS Hornet (1794 sloop-of-war)">HMS <i>Hornet</i></a>, under the command of Commander Peter Hunt, captured a Dutch ship, whose name was not recorded, that was carrying 410 captives.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other records show that the vessel was <i>Reimsdyke</i>. <i>Hornet</i> took <i>Reimsdyke</i> to <a href="/wiki/Kingstown,_Saint_Vincent" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingstown, Saint Vincent">Kingstown, Saint Vincent</a>, arriving there on 4 September. Adjudication of the prize did not begin until 28 October. Around the end of November, 60 or 70 captives suffering from rheumatism from their long confinement on the vessel were sent ashore to recuperate before their sale. Some captives had also died.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 December <i>Reimsdyke</i> separated from her anchors and drifted out to sea. The schooner or sloop <i>Hornet</i>, Hamilton Woods, master, set out to find her. Woods succeeded in locating <i>Reimsdyke</i> and took off 115 captives, all that <i>Hornet</i> could carry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Reimsdyke</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s subsequent fate is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBentonFord2020296_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBentonFord2020296-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was believed at the time that a French privateer may have taken her.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Reimsdyke</i> was condemned in prize, but William King claimant of the ship and 376 captives on behalf of Thomas King merchant of London, and for 24 captives marked 13 on the arm, on behalf of John Blenkarne, chief of Dick's Cove, West Africa, a British subject, appealed the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the documents from the appeal that provide most of the information about <i>Reimsdyke</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s last voyage. The Court rejected the appeal, ruling that ship and captives were condemned as lawful prize to the Crown, i.e., HMS <i>Hornet</i> and Commander Hunt. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reimsdyke_(1796_ship)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LR1799-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LR1799_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004281260?urlappend=%3Bseq=287"><i>LR</i> (1799), Seq.No.R53.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LR1798-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LR1798_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LR1798_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LR1798_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004281211?urlappend=%3Bseq=315"><i>LR</i> (1798), Seq.No.R208.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECobbett180144484-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECobbett180144484_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCobbett1801">Cobbett (1801)</a>, p. 444, 84.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Naval Chronicle</i>, Vol. 3, January–July 1800, p.153.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TAST83302-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TAST83302_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TAST83302_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/83302/variables">Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – <i>Reimsdyke</i> voyage #83302.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams1897680-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1897680_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams1897680_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1897">Williams (1897)</a>, p. 680.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/82751/variables">Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – <i>Minerva</i> voyage #82751.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807458–473_9-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVice-Admiralty_Court,_Antigua1807">Vice-Admiralty Court, Antigua (1807)</a>, pp. 458–473.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TAST83303-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TAST83303_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TAST83303_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TAST83303_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/83302/variables">Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – <i>Reimsdyke</i> voyage #83303.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenton2011359-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenton2011359_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBenton2011">Benton (2011)</a>, p. 359.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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