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Roe (ship)
Several vessels have been named
Roe
:
was built in France in
1787
and in 1797 became a Liverpool-based
British
slave ship
.
The French
captured
her in
1798
after she had
delivered
a
cargo
of
slaves
to
Demerara
.
was
launched
in France in
1792
,
almost certainly
under another name. The British captured her and between
1801
and
1808
she became a slave
ship
, making four
voyages
out of Liverpool. After the end of the British
slave trade
Roe
traded
with
Brazil
.
The Americans
captured her in
1812
but she was quickly recaptured. She was
wrecked
in November
1814
at Liverpool.