The slave ship Gavião departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

Vessel: Gavião; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 155. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cintra, Elias Coelho; Captain: Macedo, José Bento. The voyage began at Pernambuco, place unspecified on 6 September 1821. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Pernambuco, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, restored.