HMS Nimble
Schooner · United Kingdom · Lost Year only; precise date not established in sources reviewed. · The Bahamas
A Royal Navy schooner enforcing the ban on the slave trade wrecked on a Bahamian reef in 1834, killing 70 Africans she had freed from a slave ship.
The Vessel and Her Loss
Originally the Gran Colombian schooner Bolivar, this vessel was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1826, renamed Nimble, and assigned to the West Indies Squadron patrol enforcing Anglo-Spanish treaties against the slave trade near Cuba. She spent eight years intercepting slave ships bound for Cuba. In 1834 she was wrecked on a reef in the Bahamas, and 70 Africans she had rescued from a slaver died in the wreck.
Vessel
- 1822
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- Gran Colombia
- Wood
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- Sail, schooner rig
- Royal Navy
Loss
- Year only; precise date not established in sources reviewed.
- Grounding
- A reef in the Bahamas
- Bahama Banks
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- 70
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- A reef in the Bahamas
No specific reef or coordinates identified in sources reviewed.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
The precise wreck location, date within 1834, and crew casualties are not established in the sources reviewed.
Wikipedia, citing Royal Navy and Anglo-Spanish slave-trade suppression records
Origin, Royal Navy anti-slave-trade service, wrecking and loss of rescued Africans.
