Fame (1779 ship)
Fame was built at Bristol in 1779 as a West Indiaman. Between 1797 and 1799 she made one or two voyages to India for the British East India Company (EIC). She then made two voyages to Africa as a slave ship. On her return from Africa she resumed her trading with Jamaica. She is last listed in "Lloyd's Register" ("LR") in 1807. Career. "Fame" entered "Lloyd's Register" in 1779 with J. Burrows, master, and trade Bristol transport. In 1782 her master changed from Burrows to J. Aldis, and her owner from A. Clibbourn to Long  & Co. Her trade remained Bristol to Jamaica. In 1789 her master was J. Aldis, changing to J. Carr, her owner Long & Co., and her trade London—Jamaica. In 1796 Calvert & Co. purchased "Fame" from Long & Co. In connection with the transfer of ownership, "Fame" underwent a thorough repair. EIC voyage(s). Captain Henry Liddell sailed from Portsmouth on 31 July 1796, bound for Madras and Calcutta. "Fame" reached Vizagaptam on 12 January 1797, and arrived at Calcutta on 10 February. On her homeward journey she was at Simon's Bay on 22 July, reached Saint Helena on 11 September, and arrived  at Erith on 19 September. Another report has "Fame", Captain Henry Liddell, sailing to Madras and Calcutta between 22 February 1796 and 18 December 1797, and then sailing Bombay and Bengal between 22 March 1798 and 30 April 1799. A third source has "Fame", Richard Owen, master, returning from Bombay on 3 May 1799. Slave-trading voyages. "Fame" made two slave-trading voyages. 1st slave voyage (1799-1800): Captain Diedrick Woolbert sailed from London on 27 November 1799. "Lloyd's List" ("LL") reported on 27 December that "Fame", Woolbert, master, had put into Sheerness, having lost anchors and cables. By  3 December she was at Deal, preparing to sail. Woolbert purchased slaves at Cape Coast Castle and delivered them to Demerara on 23 December 1800. There he landed some 384 slaves. 2nd slave voyage (1801–1802): Captain Woolbert sailed from London on 22 September 1801. He commenced purchasing slaves at Cape Coast Castle on 18 January 1802. He also purchased slaves at Accra. He delivered his slaves at Havana on 1 May 1802 where he landed some 380 slaves. Information from the Registers. The table below comes primarily from "Lloyd's Register" ("LR"), though it also contains information from the "Register  of Shipping" where volumes are available and provide information that is different from that in "Lloyd's Register". Entries in either register are only as accurate as owners chose to make them. Citations and references. Citations References