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308 1112
Martha .
Sh.
273|James Alley
Pacific O.
July 5
June 22,1841
2427
Sold to New Bedford, 1841.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
The Primrose sailed again Oct. 23, 1837 and June 13, 1838; took 25 sperm, 75 whale.
Apr. 28,1841
2719
.
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Ton-
Sperm |Whale Whale-
REMARKS
Aurora .
Swain
Built 1837.
457
1838
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil Sperm Whale| Whale- bone Oil
REMARKS
American .
Sh.
340|David Barker
Pacific O Pacific O.
July 4
Oct. 21,1841
2181
9
Alpha.
Sh.
345 Joseph Congdon
June 3
Dec. 2,1841
2265
Christ'r Mitchell . .
Sh.
387 Charles A. Veeder Pacific O.
Apr. 28
Apr. 5,1841
2714
52
Clarkson .
Sh.
380 Joseph C. Chase
Pacific O.
July 16
Apr. 17,1841
1580/
310
Daniel Webster. .
Sh.
336 Jos. N. Plaskett
Pacific O.
Dec. 16
Oct. 15, 1842
1832
Harmony
Sch.
- Tracy
Indian O.
Sept. 22
Howard. Iris
Sh.
364 Wm. Worth, 2nd
Pacific O. Shoals
Oct. 19
Jan. 1,1841
2209
SI.
- Weeks
Made three trips; took one small whale. Hiller was also cap- tain.
Japan . . .
Sh. Sh.
332 John Tobey
Pacific O.
June 10
Dec. 12,1841
2176
27
James Loper.
348 Obed Cathcart
Pacific O
June 26
May 11,1842
1842
Joseph Starbuck. .
Sh.
410 Sanford Wilbur
Pacific O.
Nov. 15
Apr.
3,1842
3321
Lima .
Sh.
286 Obed Luce, Jr.
Pacific O.
Aug. 29
Feb.
7,1842
1660
Mary Mitchell
Sh.
354 Joseph McCleave
Pacific O.
Aug. 26
Apr. 27,1842
1370
96
Napoleon
Sh. Sh.
360 William Plasket 379|George Allen, 2nd Pacific O. Pacific O
Sept. 9 July 18
Sept. 13, 1842
1676
512
Phebe .
Sch.
Coleman
Atlantic
Nov. 14,1838
President .
293 Reuben Starbuck
Meader
Pacific O. Shoals
Nov. 15
July 18,1842
1840
Robert. .
Sh. S1.
Rambler .
Sh.
318 Robert McCleave Pacific O.
Dec. 12
Nov. 10, 1842
1548
Thule.
Sh. Sh.
285|James Coleman 339 George Alley
Pacific O.
Oct. 19
Dec. 20, 1841
1526
527
Young Hero
Pacific O.
June 27
[Oct. 21,1841| 2504
Built at Rochester, 1838.
Brig Dromo, Lawrence, Nantucket, was spoken Aug. 3, 1838, off Western Islands one large whale alongside. She sailed May 13.
458
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Rochester, 1837. Built at Nantucket, 1838.
David O. Bearse, second mate, died Sept. 13, 1841. Built at Rochester, 1838.
Clean.
Primrose
April 2, 1842
1387
·
Made several voyages; took 60 bbls. humpback oil.
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Sent home 90 bbls. sperm.
Built at Mattapoisett, 1838. Lost in the Indian Ocean Feb. 8, 1839.
1839
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Atlantic.
Sh.
321 George C. Hoeg 410 John J. Gardner 301 Reuben Barney 384 John Brown
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 17
Apr. 6,1843
2007
323
Barclay
Sh.
Pacific O.
Dec. 10
Aug. 12,1843
818
2
Catharine .
Sh.
Pacific O.
May 8
June 23,1843
650
270
.Comet.
Sch. Sh.
Coffin 344 Wm. B. Gardner 318 Obed Ramsdell
Atlantic Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 21
May 31, 1842
2167
20
Congress .
Sh.
339 John Pitman
Pacific O. Atlantic
Aug. 27
June 18,1843
1298
50
Sold to New Bedford. Reported late in 1839 with 200 sperm; condemned 1840. Built at Rochester, 1839.
Henry Clay
Sh. Sh.
385|Benjamin C. Sayer Pacific O. Pacific O. 365 Reuben Chase
Dec. 17 July 20
July 7,1841
236|2156
Mary .
Sh.
369 Thos. Coffin, 2nd
Pacific O.
Sept. 10
July 14,1843
1443
Second mate, Thomas.M. Gardner, lost April, 1843.
Mount Vernon . Orbit.
Sh. Sh.
384 Lewis B. Imbert 351 Isaac Gardner
Pacific O Pacific O.
Oct. 31
June 23,1844
2877
Lost near Payta; had 1200 sperm; saved 600 bbls. and sold it for $3900.
Sold to New Bedford, 1843.
Ploughboy.
Sh. Sch. Sh.
391 Moses Brown 90 - Carr 257 Joshua Coffin ·
Pacific O Atlantic Pacific O.
June 27 Apr. 17 July 11
May 15,1843 June 4,1840 Oct. 13,1842
747
700
Primrose.
200
25
Peru. ..
1340
. 9.5
Baltic.
Sh.
Sold to Fairhaven, 1843.
Capt. Brown died in his boat fast to a whale. Sold to New London. Clean. Sold to New London.
Columbus
Apr. 28,1843
1180
Constitution
Sh.
Dromo.
Bg.
- Lawrence
Dec. 29,1839
Feb. 27,1844
1946
5
Montano
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
The first ship brought over the bar by "Camels."* Bells were rung, guns fired, and a great con- course of citizens greeted her arrival.
* The "Camels" were practically a floating dock, with a very light draught, and propelled by steam. They were made in two sections, which opened and were sunk by pumping water into chambers built for that purpose. The vessel to be conveyed over the Bar was floated into the opening between the sections which were then closed up and secured with chains, the vessel being then held in the dock shaped to her hull and securely jacked up to avoid any strain. The water was then pumped out, the dock floated and the vessel carried in or out of the harbor as desired. By the use of the "Camels" it was expected to fit the vessel for her voyage at the wharf and carry her over the shallow Bar and in the case of incoming ships to save "lightering" at the Bar with its attendant delay, expense and risk. The timbers of this structure that at one time promised so much for Nantucket, lay for some years on the South beach of the harbor, until time and the elements destroyed every vestige of it.
459
Sperm Whale Whale-
REMARKS
May 12
May 11,1843
1255
Aug. 29,1839
Aug. 3 May 25
Aug. 10
460
1839-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil
bone
Richard Mitchell. Sarah
Sh. Sh.
385 Wm. H. Gardner 495 William Upham
Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 17 July 14
May 11,1843 July 15,1843
1078 2646
The Sarah arrived at New York and sailed from there in 1843.
Spartan .
Sh. Sh. Sch.
333|David U. Coffin Pacific O. 346 Barzillai T. Folger Pacific O. Swain Atlantic 111
Oct. 17 Nov. 10 May 9
Mar. 23, 1843 May 29, 1843 June 7,1839
1903 2703
18
Telescope. Zone ..
Sch. Sh.
70 ----- Manter 365 Edwin Hiller
Atlantic Pacific O.
June 6 May 19
Sept. 4,1839 May
8,1843| 2061
Sold to New Bedford, 1843. The Tyleston was built at Noble- borough, Me., 1836; sailed again in July 24, 1839; arrived June 10, 1840, with 200 sperm. The Telescope sailed again Dec. 10, 1839; arrived June17, 1840 with 90,000 whales. .
1840
Alexander Coffin . . Catawba . Charles Carroll.
Sh. Sh. Sh. . Cyrus. . . Sh. Charles and Henry Sh. Enterprise. Fabius.
381|Samuel C. Wyer 335 Henry Pease 376 Thos. S. Andrews 328 Daniel Emmons 336 John B. Coleman 413|George Cannon 432|Fred B. Chase 375 Seth Pinkham
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 8 Feb. 2 May 29 Nov. 1 Dec. 20 Dec. 18 July 12 Jan. 24
June 23,1844 Oct. 21,1843 Dec. 6,1843 Oct. 14, 1844 Mar. 8,1845 June 17,1844 Apr. 6,1844 May 23,1844
1953 2009 1926 1458 689
40
146 1094 1014 2140
1277
980
Henry . Harvest
Sh. Sh.
346 William Brown 360 J. Gardner, 2nd
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 1 Sept. 17
Apr. 16,1844 Aug. 5,1844
1641 1636
60
Sold to New Bedford. Sent home 250 bbls. spermi.
Sh. Sh. Henry Astor .. .
Sh.
Sold to New Bedford. Bought from Hudson, N. Y., 1839; mate, Alexander Swain, killed by a whale; Capt. Pinkham died at Pernambuco, April 17, 1844.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Statira.
Tyleston
100
REMARKS
1840-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil
REMARKS
Jefferson .
Sh.
377 William B. Cash
Pacific O.
July 28
Kingston.
Sh. Sh.
312 William Rawson 399 Henry W. Davis
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 12 Aug. 29
May 14,1844 Mar. 14, 1844
1067 342 1336 1334
Lydia.
Sh.
351|Geo. H. Cathcart Pacific O.
Sept. 2
Feb. 17,1845
1225
Built in 1840; sold to Fairhaven, 1845.
Maria .
Sh.
365 Elisha H. Fisher
Pacific O.
Apr. 22
Feb. 20,1842
2413
Mariner
Sh.
348 George Palmer
Pacific O.
Oct. 6
May 13,1844
1632
7
Ontario.
Sh.
354|Stephen B. Gibbs Pacific O.
May 28
Nov. 20, 1842
2073
Omega.
Sh.
Pacific O.
Sept. 8
Aug. 9,1844
1397
Ocean .
Sh.
363 George Haggerty 349 Elijah Parker
Pacific O.
Oct. 18
Oct. 3,1844
1662
Phenix.
323 Josiah Hamblen 334 Frederick Arthur
Pacific O.
July 31
June 23,1844
1212
508
Washington
308|Stephen Bailey
Pacific O.
May 14
Sept. 24.1843
1095
58
Walter Scott ..
Sh. Sh.
339 Cromwell Bunker Pacific O. 377 Edward C. Austin Pacific O.
Sept. 1
July 19, 1843
2544
Zenas Coffin . .
Sh.
323 Hiram Bailey
Pacific O.
July 12
May 25,1843
3049
177
1841
Aurora.
American.
Columbia.
Sh. Sh. Sh.
346 Fred S. Coffin 339 Alexander Coffin 329 |George Joy
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
May 13 Dec. 1 Sept. 4
Dec. 9,1844 July 10,1845 Dec. 2,1845
1801 1890 1660
New this voyage. Built at East Boston.
461
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Sent home 40 bbls. sperm. Sold to New Bedford, 1844.
Pacific O.
June 21
Feb. 17,1844
2241
24
Peruvian
Sent home 300 bbls. sperm.
Oct. 31
July 8,1844
1296
Young Eagle.
Sh. Sh. Sh.
Sailed Aug. 20, but returned with mate sick.
bone
Lost on Atooi, Sandwich Islands, June 22, 1842, with 2480 bbls. sperm, 89 bbls. whale. Sold to Fairhaven, 1844 Sent home 125 bbls. sperm; Capt. Davis left the ship at Rio Janeiro, sick.
Lexington . .
1841 -- Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Oil
bone
Christ'r Mitchell .
Sh
387 William Keene
Pacific O.
Oct. 25
June 24,1845
1250
David Paddack.
Sh.
352 |John Hussey, Jr.
Pacific O.
Oct. 7
Oct. 16,1845
882
17
Edward Cary.
Sh.
353 John Tobey 381 Henry Bigelow
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 28 Aug. 11
Apr. 3,1845
1440
16
Ganges .
Sh.
315 George Pitman
Pacific O.
July 28
May 20, 1845
732
476
Hero . . .
Sh.
313 William S. Chase 364 Alexander Bunker Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Sept. 29
Feb. 22,1846
830 1963
2
John Adams .
Sh.
296 Isaac Stockman
Pacific O.
Sept. 17 May 26
June 10, 1845 Mar. 31, 1845
859|
865
Levi Starbuck. Martha .
Sh Sh.
332 Benj. F. Riddell 376 Joseph P. Nye 273 William Baxter
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. .
July 28
June 17,1845
1057
276
Monticello.
Sh.
358 Benj. Coggeshall
Pacific O.
Aug. 2
July 15, 1845
2430
Massachusetts Montano.
·
Sh. Sh Sh.
360 Seth Nickerson 365 Roswell M. Coon 350 Geo. W. Gardner
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 26 Dec. 25 June 16
Mar. 24, 1845 Apr. 10,1845 May 12,1845
1488| 1279 1326
REMARKS
First and second mates, boat- steerers and nearly all the crew left the ship at Bay of Islands. New this voyage; built at Roches- ter. Built at Rochester, 1841. Sent home 116 bbls. sperm.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Capt. Ray died on the voyage; Henry Starbuck took command. Rebuilt and enlarged at Brant Point.
Capt. Stockman died; - Thomp- son took command.
Japan
Sh.
1890
Capt. Baxter left the ship at Zan- zibar and came home; Richard C. Gibbs took command. New this voyage; built at Matta- poisett.
1252|1388|12,000 New this voyage.
442
Nantucket.
Sh.
Franklin .
Sh.
317 |J. C. Congdon 246 Shubael Ray
Sept. 26 Aug. 21
July 22, 1845
1559
32
Elizabeth Starbuck Sh.
Aug. 10,1845
1109
Foster .
Sept. 1,1845
1430
Howard.
Sh.
Nov. 1 Aug. 31
June 8,1845
June 24, 1845
540
Peter F. Swain, second mate, taken out of his boat by a foul line, Jan. 21,1842.
462
Sperm Whale| Whale-
1841~Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Navigator ..
Sh. Sh.
323 Elihu Fisher 398 Charles W. Coffin Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Aug. 21 Nov. 7
May 7,1845 Oct. 25, 1845
1737 2554
246
New this voyage; built at Medford. New this voyage; built at Roches- ter.
Orion
Sh. Sh.
354|James Nichols 381 Veramus Smith 354|Elihu Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Atlantic
Sept. 4 July 8
May 10,1845
1183
2
Potomac.
Sh.
356|Isaac B. Hussey
Pacific O.
Nov. 12
May 4,1845
2354
Penobscot.
Bg. Sh.
138 - Carr
Atlantic Pacific O.
Sept. 26 Dec. 9
May 17,1843 May 27, 1846
100 635 1405 12,000
Three Brothers.
Sh.
384 Jos. Mitchell, 2nd Pacific O.
Nov. 6,1845
22
Tylston . .
Bg. Sh.
111 ----- Brown
Atlantic Pacific O.
July 12 June 17 Nov. 12
Sept. 5,1842 Oct. 16,1845
1422
1C
1842
Alpha .
Sh. Sh. .
345 John B. Rodgers 380 Joseph C. Chase
Pacific O.
May 15
Nov. 19,1845
2413
19
Clarkson
1825
12
Constitution. .
Sh.
318|Obed R. Bunker
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 18 Sept. 23
Feb. 12,1847
1842
41
Third mate, Richard Ennis, killed by a whale. Condemned at Talcahuano; oil shipped home. First ship taken out by the "Camels." No report.
Geo. Washington. . Sch. Sh. Sh. James Loper. Joseph Starbuck ...
Pinkham 348 Joseph Congdon
Atlantic Pacific O 416 Charles A. Veeder Pacific O.
Oct. 30
Aug. 17,1842 May 6,1846
2358
169
1,000
Ohio.
Obed Mitchell .
Sh. Sch.
Narbeth
July 5 July 18
Nov. 14, 1844
May 3,1845
2040 2804
80
Sold to New Bedford.
Lost near Trinidad, May, 1842; had 280 bbls. sperm. New this voyage; built at Matta- poisett.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Lost on Nantucket Bar; wreck sold and broken up.
463
.
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil
REMARKS
Narragansett. .
Primrose .
Susan ..
348 Reuben Russell
2150 230
United States
372 Calvin B. Worth
464
1842-Continued
.
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Lima .
Sh.
286 Obed Luce
Pacific O.
May 31
Maria . Mary Mitchell . . .
Sh. Sh.
365 Edward Jennings 354 |Charles Lawrence
Pacific O Pacific O.
May 11 Aug. 25
May 20, 1846 June 24, 1847
1706 1176
587
Napoleon . Phebe.
Sh. Sh.
360 Elisha H. Fisher 379 Sam W. Harris
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 24 Sept. 19
Nov. 25, 1845
2495 1175|
500
President.
Sh. Sh.
Tylston
Bg. Sh.
293 John C. Brock 349 Pacific O. William B. Swain -- Carr Pacific O. Atlantic 286 Charles W. Coffin Pacific O. 111
Dec. 29 Feb. 8 Oct. 2 June 17
Apr. 8,1847 Mar. 10, 1846 Sept. 2,1843
1170 1650 130
250|2,500 40
Young Hero.
Sh
340 Peter Brock
Pacific O.
Apr. 17
Apr. 8,1846|
1429
Asa Gardner, third mate, lost 1842; condemned at Rio 1842; outward bound.
Sold to San Francisco. Lost in the Arctic, 1851.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Put into Pernambuco, Dec. 24, 1846, leaking 290 strokes an hour and was condemned. Shipped sperm oil home by Bark Carolina of Boston; sold 500 bbls. whale oil at Sydney and Pernambuco.
Lost on Booby Shoal-latitude 2112° south, longitude 159° east; mate and boat's crew lost.
1843
Atlantic. Barclay. Catawba
Sh. Sh. Sh.
321 James Coleman 301 Eben Baker 355|William Coleman
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 28 Oct. 20 Dec. 24
June 22, 1846 June 16,1847 Sept. 23, 1847
1965 1280 1853
3 41
REMARKS
NAME OF VESSEL
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Sperm Whale Whale- Oil
19
Rose.
Thule.
·
.
1843-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale Whale- Oil Oil bone
Daniel Webster. Empire. .
Sh. Sh.
336 Reu. F. Starbuck |Pacific O. 403|Charles A. Veeder Pacific O.
May 18 May 18
Nov. - 1847 Nov. 27, 1847
1264 2076
264 35
Sold 100 bbls. whale oil; new this voyage; built at Mattapoisett.
Mary . .
Sh.
Ontario.
Sh.
Penobscot.
Bg.
... Kelley
Indian O.
Oct. 1. May 24 July 24
Apr. 16,1847 May 2,1846
862 2213 230
140
Mate - Brooks, shot by a mu- tineer, 1844.
Peru ...
.
Bk.
254 Edwin Barnard
Pacific O.
May 10
Sept. 19,1846
966
Rambler .
Sh.
318 Robert McCleave |Pacific O.
July 13
May 25,1847
1578
52
Richard Mitchell.
Sh. Sh.
386 Josiah C. Long 333 Nehem'h C. Fisher Pacific O.
Oct. 14 Nov. 19
Sept. 30, 1847 July - 1847 Oct. 15,1845 June 12,1847
1613
20
Young Eagle.
Sh.
377 Benjamin Lathrop Pacific O.
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 17 Oct. 13
May 28, 1848 Nov 10,1846
1820 1226
320
3,000
Third mate Manuel Valado knocked overboard and drowned, Apr. 20, 1844. Sold to Fairhaven 1847.
1844
Charles Carroll Citizen .
ISh. Sh.
370 Thos. L. Andrews 360 Hiram Bailey
Pacific O Pacific O.
May 16 Aug. 25
May 29,1848 July 17, 1849
1261
473 1302 1175 5,000
Built 1844, at Boston. Sold 150
465
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
No report.
Sunk at
sea 1847, homeward bound.
Washington ..
Sh.
308|Stephen Bailey
Atlantic Pacific O.
Oct. 21 Dec. 2 Dec. 5
Zenas Coffin Zone. .
Sh.
Sh.
338 Obed Ramsdell 365 Obed Starbuck
Pacific O.
1808 1387
Spartan ...
Tyleston . . .
Bg.
111 -- Luce
369|Charles Pitman, Jr. Pacific O. 354 Stephen B. Gibbs |Pacific O. 138
82
1,500
Condemned at Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Feb., 1845. Sent home 63 bbls. sperm; second mate killed by a whale Jan., 1844.
9,000 sperm, 425 whale.
REMARKS
1844-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil
bone
Harvest. .
Sh.
360 George D. Coffin
Pacific O.
Oct. 18
Henry .
Sh. Sh.
346 William Brown 385|Edward C. Austin Pacific O.
Pacific O.
July 1 June 10 Oct. 14 June 26
Apr. 24, 1848 Aug. 15,1847| Oct. 19, 1848 July 7,1848
1150 2756
482
Henry Clay.
Sh.
375 Thos. Coffin, 2nd |Pacific O. 399 Edward Weeks
Pacific O.
Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 31 Oct. 3
Sept. 15,1848 Oct. 2,1848
1236 2607
407 10
3,000
Lost boats, spars, etc. in a gale Oct.6; returned, and sailed again Nov. 8; sold to Mattapoisett, 1848.
Niphon . . . . .
Sh.
340|J. Gardner, 2nd
Pacific O.
Nov. 29
Omega
Sh. Sh.
363|Chas. H. Morton 334 George B. Folger 324 Perry Winslow Pacific O. Pacific O Pacific O. 340 Barzillai T. Folger Pacific O.
Oct. 26 Oct. 1 Sept. 17 Sept. 15
July 4,1848 Jan. 29, 1848 June 3,1848 Apr. 26,1847
1095 1515 1648 1276
24
Planter .
Sh.
914
7,500 Lost second mate, Andrew Brock and two men by boat capsizing.
Two Brothers. Walter Scott.
Sch. Sh.
339 Charles Grant
Atlantic Pacific O.
Aug. 31
June - 1844 Mar. 10,1849
1868
20 55
Sold to Edgartown.
466
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
4,000 Sold 70 bbls. whale. Sold 91 bbls. sperm. Sold 120 bbls. sperm. Sold 220 bbls. sperm, 30 bbls. whale.
Mariner. Mount Vernon
Sh.
349 Albert Ray
385 |Henry Coleman
Sh.
. .
Built 1844; Capt. Gardner left the ship at the Sandwich Islands, sick; ship sunk at sea, homeward bound, Jan. 12, 1849, bottom bored by worms.
Peruvian .
Phoenix .
Sh.
Lost second mate, 10 men, spars, boats, etc., by shipping a sea; returned Jan. 6, 1845, and sailed again in 1845.
Henry Astor.
1796
Lexington .
Sh.
1560|1374
REMARKS
1845
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Oil
Whale Whale- bone
American Sh. Sh. Aurora. Christ'r Mitchell. . Sh.
340 Fred W. Luce 346 Fred. W. Coffin 387 Enoch Ackley
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Nov. 5 May 19 June 29
July 22, 1849 June 25,1848 July 4,1848
1270 1980' 1936
390 34 66
Sold 100 bbls. sperm.
Sent home 161 bbls. sperm in 1845; sold 118 bbls. sperm. Struck on the Hodge Fench going out; returned and sailed again, July 18. Lost on Corvo, June, 1845. Sent home 12 casks sperm 1845; condemned at Rio Janeiro, Dec., 1845.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Lost in La Perouse Straits with a full cargo, mostly whale. Sent home 11,578 lbs. bone. Condemned at Monterey.
Enterprise.
Sh.
413 Samuel C. Wyer 317 Francis C. Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. 28 Nov. 18
Jan. 2,1850|
2108
Foster. .
Sh.
Franklin .
Sh.
246 Henry Starbuck 315 James Nichols 360 George D. Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 13 July 15 Feb. 17 Nov. 29
May 1,1849 June 28,1849 July
1463 1910 383
Harvest.
Sh.
Howard .
Sh. Sh.
364 Alexander Bunker|Pacific O. 332 Val. S. Riddell
May 3,1849
456
5,000
John Adams .
Sh.
296 William Rawson
June 30, 1849
290
Levi Starbuck.
Sh. .
Martha .
Sh.
376 Joseph P. Nye 273 |Henry B. Folger
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 25 Aug. 12 July 16 Sept. 21
Apr. 19,1850 June 8,1849
1199 1080 1448 1667
10
. .
Cyrus . .....
Sh.
336 Benj. C. Sayer 328 Alex M. Myrick
Pacific O. Pacific O.
June 4 May 9
David Paddack. . . Sh
352 |Chas. B. Swain, 2d | Pacific O.
Dec. 8
Edward Cary . . . .
Sh
353 Benj. C. Sayer
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 9
Mar. 28, 1848
175 2232 11,000
Elizabeth Starbuck Sh.
381 Elijah Parker
Dec. 29
Ganges .
Sh.
Shipped 8,000 gals. oil to London; condemned at Seychelle Islands, 1847.
Condemned and sold at Sydney.
Japan . ..
136
Sold to New Bedford, 1850.
467
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Charles and Henry Sh.
1845-Continued
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil bone
Massachusetts . . Montano.
Sh. Sh.
360 James Codd 365 Uriah Russell
Pacific O. Pacific O.
May 31 Aug. 17
Aug. Mar.
6,1848 9,1849
541 1945 294 1320
5,000 Sold 20 bbls. sperm and 40 whale. Third mate, - Fuller, and three men drowned by the staving of a boat by a whale; sold in Cali- fornia; sold 200 bbls. whale oil.
Monticello
Sh.
368 John M. Folger 350 Benj. C. Gardner Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Oct. 13 Aug. 17 July 3 May 31
May Jan. June July
5,1849 4,1848
1771
30
Orion .
Sh.
354 Edward S. Ray
Pacific O.
July 15
Potomac. . . .
Sh.
356|Oliver C. Swain
Pacific O.
Sept. 4
May 31, 1849
2017
26
Sarah Parker .....
Sh.
387 Thomas Russell
Pacific O.
June 15
May 10,1849
59 2700 24,000 Bought 1845; sold for California 1849; formerly a merchantman; built at Portsmouth, N. H., 1827. Built 1845; fitted from Boston; sold 70 bbls. sperm; sold to New Bedford, 1851.
Tyleston United States. .
Bg. Sh.
111
372|Calvin G. Worth Pacific O.
Dec. 8
Lost in Dec., 1849, near Tongata- boo.
468
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Sent home 25 casks sperm oil 1845; sold 250 bbls. sperm, 50 bbls. humpback; built 1845 at Matta- poisett.
Condemned at New Zealand; re- paired and sold by Capt. Ray in California.
Joseph T. Upham, first mate, killed by a whale.
Scotland
Sh.
384 Veranus Smith
Pacific O.
Oct. 31
Feb. 8,1851 2660 226
1671 2051 1825
30
Navigator
Sh. Sh.
333 George Palmer 338 Richard Gardner
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Nantucket.
Sh.
Norman .
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
REMARKS
Oil
7,1850 7,1850
1846
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil Sperm |Whale) Whale- Oil bone
Alabama . Alpha.
Sh. Sh.
340 Benj. Coggeshall Pacific O. 345|Joseph W. Folger Pacific O.
May 26 July 2
Sept. 26, 1850 Apr. 24,1850
1454 1182
180
Built at Medford, 1846. 3,000 Reuben Coleman, second mate, died Aug. 29, 1849. . Sent home 85 bbls. sperm.
Atlantic. . Columbia .
3h. 3h. Sh.
321 James Coleman 329|Joseph C. Chase 313 Sylv. Swain
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 13 Aug. 7 Nov. 2
Dec. 2,1849 June 12,1850 Nov. 15, 1846
2081 1689
183
Returned leaking; was rebottomed and sailed in 1847.
James Loper. Maria . . .
Sh. Sh.
348 Wm. S. Whippey 365 George A. Coffin
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Dec. ---- Sept. 20
May 10,1851 June 27,1850
1264 890
40 13
Crew all deserted in California, 1849; Capt. Coffin left ship in Talcahuana, sick.
Napoleon . .
Sh.
360 Stephen B. Gibbs |Pacific O.
Dec. 31
May 15,1851
1609
Narragansett.
Sh. Sh. Sh.
398 John B. Rogers _ 354 John Horn 349 William Miller
Pacific O Pacific O. Pacific O.
Aug. 9 July 10 Nov. 7
Apr. 1,1851 Apr. 30,1850
1205|
179
Susan. Sophia .
Sh. Sch.
349 170
Charles B. Ray Swain
Pacific O. Atlantic
Nov. 16 June 20
Aug. 16,1851 Oct. 20,1847
744 130
Three Brothers 'Two Brothers.
Sh. Sch.
384|Jos. Mitchell, 2nd Pacific O. 70
Atlantic
July 7 Dec. 17
July 15,1851 Oct. - 1846
1330 70
170
Young Hero.
Sh.
340 William B. Swain |Pacific O.
July 12
June 17,1850
2144
158
Added 1846; built at Newcastle, Me., 1829. Capt. Swain left the ship, sick.
469
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Capt. Gibbs came home sick; sold 90 bbls. sperm on voyage. Sold some oil on the voyage.
2286
Ontario .
Rose. .
Took about 900 bbls. sperm; went to California and was sold. Sold 120 bbls. sperm. Added 1846; built at Baltimore 1839.
-- Hatch
REMARKS
Hero. .
1847 -
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm [Whale] Whale- Oil Oil
bone
Barclay . Constitution
Sh. Sh.
301 Eben Baker 318|Obed Bunker
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 29 Sept. 5
Oct. 15,1851 Apr. 23,1852
1150 555
90
Mr. Prince, third mate, died at sea; sold and sent home about 50 bbls.
Henry Clay .. .
Hero. . Kirkwood . . .
Sh. Sh. Bg.
385|Sam. P. Skinner 313 Sylv. Swain 201 Charles Alley
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 27 Apr. 2 Oct. 19
July 7,1851
852
Mary .
Sh. Bk. Sh.
369 | William B. Harris Pacific O. 257 Consider Fisher 340 Isaac B. Hussey
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Oct. 17 Aug. 21 July 5
Sept. 21,1851 Dec. 27,1850 July 12,1851
717 750 1095
30 150 530
President.
Sh. Sh.
293 Joseph Marshall
Pacific O.
Sept. 1 Dec. 5
Dec. 9,1850 July 28,1851
1369
20
Rambler .
1837
8
Spartan . . .
333|C. Morselander
Two Brothers
70- Carey
Pacific O. So. Atlantic Pacific O.
[Oct. 6 Nov. 21 June 19 Oct. 30
June 21,1851 Nov. 15,1847
50
Returned in consequence of the illness of the captain. Condemned at Oahu in 1849.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Bought from Baltimore, 1847; built 1843; third mate killed in 1849; Capt. Alley died in Panama and the brig was sold there.
Sold 30 bbls. sperm. Sold 60 bbls. black-fish.
Send home 8 casks sperm; Capt. Hussey shipped on brig William Penn of San Francisco, and was killed in a mutiny Nov. 6, 1852. Got ashore on Gallipago Islands and came home damaged.
Sold 125 bbls. sperm; second mate killed by a whale, Dec., 1849. Returned to Edgartown damaged in a gale and refitted.
Washington .. . .
Sh. Sch. Sh.
308|Stephen Bailey
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
REMARKS
Condemned at Rio Janeiro. Sold 50 bbls. sperm.
Peru.
Planter
318|Jas. H. Haughton Pacific O.
868
470
1848
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Catawba.
Sh. Sh.
335 Obed Swain, 2nd 376 Josiah C. Long
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Apr. 24 Dec. 2
Dec. 29,1852
1050
93
Christ'r Mitchell . .
Sh. Sh.
387 Thomas Sullivan
Pacific O.
Dec. 11
1852
2023
Daniel Webster . . .
Sh.
408 William Upham
Pacific O.
Jan. 2
June 7,1852
1847
Harvest.
Sh.
360 William H. Tice
Pacific O.
Oct. 27
Mar. 20,1853
1446
Henry . ..
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