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'''''Bootle''''' was launched in 1805 at Liverpool as a [[slave ship]]. She made two voyages delivering slaves to the West Indies before her owner sold her. She then became a [[West Indiaman]]. In 1811 the Liverpool partnership of Barton, Irlam and Higginson purchased her and sailed her between Liverpool and Barbados. A hurricane at [[Bridgetown, Barbados]] wrecked her in 1813.

==Slave ship==
''Bootle'' entered ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' in 1805 with J. Sillars, master, Kitchen, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.<ref name=LR1805>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005667111?urlappend=%3Bseq=608 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1805), Supple. pages, seq.№M59.]</ref> Captain John Sillars (or Sillers) acquired a [[letter of marque]] on 19 October 1805.<ref name=LoM/>

'''First slave voyage:''' Sillars sailed from Liverpool on 16 November, bound for Africa. ''Bootle'' arrived at [[Kingston, Jamaica]] on 13 June 1806. She had embarked 367 slaves and she landed 330, for a loss rate of 10.0%. She left Kingston on 22 June 1808, and arrived back at Liverpool on 16 August. She had commenced the voyage with 46 crew members and suffered six crew deaths on the voyage.<ref name=DB>[http://www.slavevoyages.org/voyages/DmzoY119 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Voyages: ''Bootle'', Sillars, master.]</ref>

'''Second slave voyage:''' Sillars sailed from Liverpool on 11 March 1807 and ''Bootle'' arrived at Kingston on 1 September. She had embarked 377 slaves and she landed 339. She left Kingston on 7 September, and arrived back at Liverpool on 4 November. She had commenced the voyage with 51 crew members and suffered six crew deaths on the voyage.<ref name=DB/>

==West Indiaman==
On ''Bootle''{{'}}s return, Kitchen sold her to Foderingham (or Fotheringham) and her trade become Liverpool–Barbados (or Liverpool–West Indies. Her master was J. Ferguson.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005676385?urlappend=%3Bseq=70 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1809), seq.№B341.]</ref> He received a letter of marque on 8 November 1808.<ref name=LoM/>

On 5 May 1809 ''[[Lloyd's List]]'' reported that ''Bootle'', Ferguson, master, had arrived at Liverpool. She lad left Barbados on 21 March.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735024?urlappend=%3Bseq=79 ''Lloyd's List'' №4350.]</ref>

On her return, ''Bootle'' was surveyed and [[Barton, Irlam and Higginson|W. Barton & Co.]] purchased her. Her trade remained Liverpool–Barbados, but her master became J. Ford.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005676393?urlappend=%3Bseq=71 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1810), Seq.№B340.]</ref> Captain John Ford acquired a letter of marque on 21 November 1809.<ref name=LoM/>

On her way back to Liverpool from Barbados in March 1813, ''Bootle'' recaptured ''Two Brothers''. An American privateer had captured ''Two Brothers'' as she was sailing from Baltimore to Cadiz and had taken off her master and papers<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735026?urlappend=%3Bseq=63 ''Lloyd's List'' №4759.]</ref>

==Loss==
A hurricane wrecked ''Bootle'' at Bridgetown, Barbados, on [[1813 Atlantic hurricane season|23 July 1813]].<ref name=CM110913b>{{Cite news |title=HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date=11 September 1813 |issue=14312 }}</ref> ''Bootle'', Ford, master, was lost though a portion of her cargo, one [[hogshead]] and two [[Tierce (unit)|tierces]] of sugar (out of 140), was saved.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735026?urlappend=%3Bseq=153 ''Lloyd's List'' №4802.]</ref>

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[[Category:Liverpool slave ships]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of England]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1813]]