Ceres (1802 ship) significant event shipwrecking
Loss
Lloyd's List reported on 20 March 1807 that Ceres, of Liverpool, Williams, master, had capsized off Cape Mesurado. She was bound for the West Indies with a full cargo of captives. Thirteen of her crew were saved. Captain John Williams was reported to have been among the people drowned. This was his first voyage as master of an enslaving ship.In 1807, 12 British enslaving vessels were lost. Six were lost in the middle passage between Africa and the West Indies.During the period 1793 to 1807, war, rather than maritime hazards or resistance by the captives, was the greatest cause of vessel losses among British enslaving vessels.