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| Keywords: Luxborough galley burnt nearly to the water, 25 June 1727.jpg The 'Luxborough Galley' burnt nearly to the water 25 June 1727 ca 1727 oil canvas cm 49 5 64 8 National Maritime Museum object history credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London Greenwich Hospital Collection The ˜Luxborough ™ galley is show burning fiercely as the crew look on from the yawl or ship ™s boat in which they have made their escape The sixteen men who were left on board the galley perished in the burning wreck The ˜Luxborough ™ galley captained by William Kellaway carried slaves for the South Sea Company She was lost between the Caribbean and England on the third part of the infamous Triangular Trade She left England in October 1725 for Cabinda in West Africa on the first leg of the triangular route Here the captain exchanged his cargo of Indian cottons and trade goods for 600 slaves During the second leg of the triangle between Africa and the Caribbean eight crew and 203 Africans died of smallpox before arriving in Jamaica in October 1726 After selling the surviving slaves the ˜Luxborough ™ galley left Jamaica in May 1727 for England loaded with rum and sugar On 25 June 1727 she was accidentally set on fire when a keg of rum in the spirit room burst and the ship caught fire and sank Kelloway and his crew were then set adrift in the mid-Atlantic After a fortnight the yawl arrived on the coast of Newfoundland 7 July 1727 and was rescued by fishermen The loss of the ˜Luxborough ™ Galley by fire was notorious because the survivors in the ship's boat had to resort to cannibalism to stay alive This is one of a set of six scenes ˜The Loss of the Luxborough Galley in 1727 and the Escape of Some of her Crew ™ Signed and dated ˜I C 1760 ™ <ref>http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/13864 html Royal Museum Greenwich</ref> reflist accession number BHC2388 http //www nmmprints com/image php imgref BHC2388 National Maritime Museum PD-art-100 John Cleveley the Elder Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Burning ships Luxborough Galley Burning ships in art 1727 paintings | ||||
