unloaded the beef, and loaded up with the sugar cargo bound for Charleston, South Carolina. They arrived in Charleston where they unloaded. They then reloaded with cotton for to Liverpool on September 7, 1788. Just three months later, on December 16, 1788, under Captain Thomas Wilks embarked on the same cargo trip, arriving back in Liverpool on July 24, 1789. James (1789 ship) James, of 450 ton (bm), was launched in 1777 in France. She entered Lloyd's Register in 1779. James (1806 ship) James, of 196 (bm), was launched in Spain in 1802, almost certainly under another name. She was captured in 1804. James first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) and the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1806. She became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was armed with six 9-pounder guns and six 12-pounder carronades 1st enslaving voyage (1806–1807): Captain Robert Tyrer sailed from Liverpool on 2 February 1806 and started acquiring slaves on the Gold Coast on 13 April. James left Africa on 6 June and arrived at St Vincent on 28 July, where she sold her captives. She sailed from St Vincent on 7 November and arrived back at Liverpool on 17 January 1807. She had left Liverpool with 28 crew members and she suffered one crew death on her voyage. The Slave Trade Act 1807, which forbade British vessels from engaging in the slave trade, was passed on 25 March 1807, and took effect on 1 May 1807. The act also required that the voyage be completed before 30 March 1808. 2nd enslaving voyage (1807–1808): Captain William Thompson sailed from Liverpool on 28 March, that is, after the Act had passed, but before it took effect. His voyage was therefore legal. James acquired slaves at Gabon, and arrived at Barbados with 221 captives on 4 December, well before the deadline of 30 March 1808. She landed 28 and then sailed on to Demerara. Fate: After James arrived at Demerara she was condemned. LR for 1808 carried the annotation "condemned". Other ships named James Ship James Goodwill, 1727 from Rotterdam via Portsmouth to Philadelphia Ship James Wright, 1851 from Liverpool to New York Ship James Baines (clipper), 1854 British Navy Ship James Fernie, 1854 from Liverpool to Port Adelaide Ship James Jardine (ship), 1859 from Plymouth to Port Adelaide Ship James Foster Jr., 1868 from Liverpool to New York Citations Ship names