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Sh. Sch.
346 Benj. A. Coleman Pacific O. Atlantic - Pratt
July 15
Aug. 10,1853
900
Laura ..
Sept. 3,1848
40
Lexington .
Sh.
399 Dav. Bunker, 2nd Pacific O.
Nov. 10
Jan. 22,1853
743
229
Massachusetts
Sh.
360 Seth Nickerson, Jr. Pacific O. 372 |Charles A. Veeder Pacific O.
Sept. 12
Apr. 22,1851 Mar. 27, 1853
1100| 145
1,400
Norman.
Sh.
338 John J. Gardner
Pacific O.
Aug. 8
Peruvian
Sh.
334 George B. Folger
Pacific O.
July 16
Aug. 10,1852
534
70
Phoenix.
Sh.
323|Perry Winslow 140 John C. Brock
Pacific O.
Nov. 7 May .10
Feb. 3,1853
1158
10
Quito.
Bg.
Richard Mitchell. . Sh. Sophia .
Sch. Sh.
386 Robert McCleave |Pacific O. 170 William Baldwin Pacific O. 338 Charles G. Arthur Pacific O.
Aug. 31 June 15 Nov. 9
Aug. 31,1852
1745
53
Zenas Coffin .
July 12,1853
478
11
2,500
Capt. Bunker came home sick. Sold to New Bedford.
Sailed Sept. 23; returned dis- masted. Sold 150 bbls. sperm, 50 bbls. whale.
Sent home 3400 lbs. bone.
Sold 200 bbls. whale; sent home 3200 lbs. bone. Built at Matta- poisett 1848; sold to New Bed- ford 1853.
Went to California - voyage broken up. Sold 30 bbls. sperm, 40 bbls. black-fish.
Added 1848 from Sippican. Sent home some sperm oil; went to California and was sold. Sold to New Bedford 1853. Sent home some oil, and was sold in California.
Poor year probably because of gold in California.
471
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Nauticon.
Sh.
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Ton-
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil
REMARKS
June 16,1852
1415
. 29
Charles Carroll
Sold 35 bbls. sperm, 200 bbls. whale. Sold in California, 1853. Sold to New Bedford.
Empire ..
336 Henry C. Bunker Pacific O.
May 19
May 17,1852
230
660
97 2412 38,000
Nov. 16
Pacific O.
472
1849
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale Oil Oil
Whale- bone
Edward Carey . .
Sh. Sh. Sh.
350 Roland Phinney 315 Thos. Coffin, 2nd |Pacific O. 349 Albert S. Ray Pacific O.
Pacific O.
Oct. 8 Sept. 12 May 20
Nov. 12, 1853 July 20, 1853
1133 1813
50
Returned July 30, with Capt. Ray sick and first mate hurt by falling from aloft; sailed again, Aug. 5 under Capt. David U. Coffin; took 837 .bbls. sperm, and was condemned at Payta; refitted from Payta under name of "So- phia Somontes."
Sold and sent home 60 bbls.
1850
Alpha.
American . . Apphia Maria.
Sh. Sh. Sh.
345 Joseph Congdon 329|Fred. W. Luce 260 Hiram Folger
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. .
Aug. 17 Aug. 17 July 25
July 25, 1854 July 16,1853 Aug. 24,1854
1627 306 340
Atlantic .. Columbia . .
Sh. Sh. Sh.
321 |Z. M. Coleman 329 William Cash
Pacific O. Pacific O.
July 7 Oct. 13
Nov. 10,1853 May 28,1854 May 28,1854
1330
Enterprise.
Sh. Sh.
Omega. .
Potomac.
Tyleston .
Sh. Bg.
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. 111 |Reub. F. Starbuck Atlantic
Aug. 27 June 5 Aug. 7 Apr. 7
June 19,1854 Oct. 3,1853 May 10,1853 July 27,1850
837 696 1976 30
25 80
REMARKS
Ganges . . Mariner. .
Navigator .
333|George Palmer 363 Chas. C. Russell 356 Charles Grant
.
413|Chas. B. Swain,2d No. Pacific O. July 10
22 282 Sold to. Edgartown. Bought from Portsmouth, N. H .; built 1846 Sent home 90 bbls. sperm. The bone, with the oil sent home 1634 19,400 on the voyage brought $22,000. 674 1194|10,000 Capt. Swain left the ship at Talca- huano; sent home 15,630 lbs. bone.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
1850-Continued
NAME OF VESSEL
CLASS
Ton nage
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil bone
Maria.
Sh.
365 David Baker
Pacific O.
Sept. 15
1326
30
Capt. Baker came home sick. Condemned at Rio Janeiro, Sept .; 1854.
Mohawk.
Sh Sh.
350 Oliver C. Swain 365 John M. Folger
No. Pacific O. May 29 Pacific O.
Sept: 10 June 8
Apr. 20,1854 Sept .: 6,1853 Aug. 31,1854
1022
63
Sent home 769 bbls. sperm, 100 bbls. whale.
Ontario
Sh.
354 Obed Cathcart
Pacific O.
Sept. 12
700
Condemned at Tahaiti; oil shipped to England.
Paragon.
Bk.
309 Thomas Nelson
Pacific O.
Nov. 22
Built at Medford 1850; sent home and sold 210 bbls. sperm; lost Mar. 20, 1853 on Strong's Island. Edward Narbeth, first mate, died.
Tyleston . Young Hero.
Bg. Sh.
111 Shadrack Gifford 304|Samuel C. Wyer
Atlantic Pacific O.
Sept. 2 Nov. 4
22 May 4,1851 June 27,1855 1275
1851
Alabama
Sh.
340 Benj. Coggeshall
Pacific O.
June 10
Jan. 24,1855
1794
Citizen. Edward ..
Sh. Sh.
360 Richard C. Bailey No. Pacific O. Oct. 28 339 Edward P. Mosher No. Pacific O. July 23
June 27,1855 July 27,1854
351 1597 16, 121
Capt. Coggeshall left the ship, sick, and died at home Nov., 1854.
Sent home 17,236 lbs. bone; bought from New Bedford. Capt. Mosher took 900 bbls. of oil, went to Sydney and sold it. Capt. E. E. Austin was sent to bring the ship home.
473
...
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Medford, 1850. Sold 80 bbls. whale.
Monticello
Nantucket
Sh.
350 Richard C. Gibbs |Pacific O.
1800 70 604 |1004
REMARKS
CAPTAIN
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
-
1851-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Hero:
Sh. Sh.
313 Joseph McCleave Pacific O. 348 Wm. S. Whippey
Nov. 1 No. Pacific O. Sept. 6
May 31,1855 Apr. 9,1855
810
8,300 15|1559 15,700 Sent home 400 bbls. sperm, 800 bbls. whale, 15,000 lbs. bonc. 23
Massachusetts
Sh.
360 Seth Nickerson 360 William Holley
No. Pacific O. Sept. 20 Pacific O.
July 13
July 20,1854
:492 1263
Sold to New Bedford.
Narragansett.
Sh.
398 James Coleman
Pacific O.
July 6
May 31,1855|
1757
Norman.
Sh.
338 Joseph C. Chase
Pacific O.
Oct. 21
Aug. 4,1855
20 1180
Oncco.
Sch.
90|Peter C. Raymond Atlantic
May 10
Oct. 15,1851 89
Palmyra.
Sch.
100 Benj. Raymond
[Atlantic
July 5
Aug. 10,1852
67
Sent home 30 bbls. sperm; built at Plymouth, 1839.
Peru
Bk.
257|Chas. E. Starbuck Pacific O.
July 16
May 31,1855
664
President
Sh.
293|Wm. C. Folger, 2d Pacific O.
July 21
May 23,1855
600
50
Rambler.
Sh.
318 John Porter
Pacific O.
Oct. 23
Spartan.
Sh.
333 James Wyer
Pacific O.
Oct. 26
Nov. 14, 1853
600|1570
Susan.
Sh.
349 Veranus Smith
Pacific O.
Dec. 5
Bought the whale oil at the Navi- gator Islands of ship York. Lost going into the Arctic, off Company Island, Apr. 26, 1853; had 400 bbls. sperm.
Three Brothers ... .
Sh
384 Joseph Adams
No. Pacific O. Oct. 15
Mar. 17,1854
18 2295 26,300 Sent home 100 bbls. sperm, 1050 bbls. whale.
Tyleston . . . .
Bg.
111 Edw. Swain
Atlantic
June 18
Dec. 29,1852
4
2
There must be some error in the published return. This result is impossible.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Mar. 12,1853
276|2585 40,300
Napoleon .
Sh.
.
474
Sperm Whale|Whale- Oil
REMARKS
James Loper.
Sent home 1080 bbls. sperm; sold 220 bbls. black-fish. Sold to New Bedford, 1855. Condemned at Upola, 1855.
1852
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil Oil bone
Barclay .
Sh.
301 David Cottle
Pacific O.
July 13
Catawba.
Sh.
335|Obed Swain, 2nd
Pacific O.
Dec. 25
May 31,1857
789
Constitution.
Sh.
318 Joseph Winslow 336 Henry Starbuck 340 William Upham
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O.
Sept. 2 Aug. 28 Dec. 15
July 14,1856 July 15,1856 June 1,1857
1600 7.50 1060
130
Daniel Webster. . . Sh. Gazelle. .
Sh.
Homer.
Bg. Sh.
140 Joseph Fisher 369|Benj. C. Sayer
Atlantic Pacific O.
June 6 Aug. 5 Oct. 2
Sept. 12,1854 May 11,1856
165 300 1200
Memnon .
Sh.
430 Jas. H. Haughton Pacific O.
Oneco.
Sch.
90 Alex G. Brown
Atlantic
May 20
June 21,1853
Palmyra.
Sch. Sh. Sh.
105 Abraham Swain Atlantic 334 Edw. B. Hussey, Jr. Indian O. 340 Henry Pease Pacific O.
Sept. 26 Dec. 6 May 19
Aug. 22,1853 Oct. 19,1856 Aug. 7,1856
60 1000 1300
100
Richard Mitchell. . Sh.
386 Thad. C. Defriez Pacific O.
Dec. 22
July 14,1856
734
REMARKS
Condemned at Tahiti 1856; oil shipped home by schooner Ha- loise and lost near Rio. Sent home 417 bbls. sperm; broken up 1856.
.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Built at Newburyport 1852; sent home 443 bbls. sperm; burned at Payta, Oct., 1854. Reported arrived July 21, 1853, with 65 bbls. black-fish; sent home 35 bbls. sperm.
30
Peruvian .
Planter .
Broken up at New Bedford 1857. Taken upon the Marine Railway at Nantucket and her hull re- paired; burned there in 1859. Sent home 350 bbls. sperm; sold to Edgartown.
475
Sold to New Bedford. Built at Mattapoisett 1852; Capt. Upham died on the voyage; sold to New Bedford. Built at Woolwich, Me., 1848.
25
Mary.
.
1853
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAFTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale| Whale" Oil bone
Game Cock.
Sch.
William Patterson Atlantic
June 20 Oct. 19
July 24, 1853 |Clean
Made two voyages between those dates.
· Ganges . .
Sh.
315 John B. Nickerson Pacific O.
Harvest.
Sh.
360 Benj. F. Riddell
Pacific O.
Aug. 9
Nov. 10,1857
495
770
Henry
Sh.
346 Dav. Bunker, 2nd Pacific O.
Oct. 18
Hamilton
Sch.
James McGuire
Atlantic
Apr. 8
Sept. 15,1853
101
Lexington
Sh.
399 Peter C. Brock
Atl. & P. O.
May 21
June 25,1856
310|1637
Massachusetts . Monticello
Sh: Sh.
360 Horace Nickerson 368 Eben Baker
No. Pacific O. Aug. 16 Pacific O.
June 20, 1856 Jan. 15,1858
1182
Oneco .
Sch. Sh.
Alexander Brown 363 Wm. T. Hawes
Atlantic
Nov. 15 Aug. 4 No. Pacific O. Dec. 8
Sept. 6,1853 May 7,1857
100 1900
Phoenix
Sh.
323 Israel Mowry
No. Pacific O. July 19
May 13,1856
72
975 Sent home 90 bbls. sperm, 1000 bbls. whale, 10,800 lbs. bone.
Potomac.
Sh.
356 Enoch Ackley
Pacific O. .
Oct. 27
Sept. 17,1857
Tyleston ..
Bg.
111 William H. Tice
Pacific O.
Oct. 30
Condemned at Talcahuano, June, 1858.
Sent home 100 bbls. sperm, 450 bbls. whale, 22,537 lbs. bone. Sold to New Bedford.
Sent home 446 bbls. sperm, 42 bbls. whale, 576 lbs. bone; con- demned at Talcahuano, 1858.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Sent home 15,500 lbs. bone. Sold to New London, 1859. No report.
Sold to Edgartown; sent home 11,056 lbs. bone.
Capt. Ackley died on the voyage; sent home 300 bbls. sperm; was one of the "stone fleet" sunk off Charleston harbor.
Encountered gales off Cape Horn; returned to Pernambuco and was condemned; took no oil.
476
Made five voyages between those dates; built at New York, 1844. Sold 20 bbls. whale; sent home 19,952 lbs. bone.
30 1500
Omega.
REMARKS
Oil
1853-Continued
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale/ Whale- Oil bone
William P. Dolliver Sch.
David Patterson
Atlantic
Apr. 19
Sept. 21, 1853
186
Zenas Coffin . . ...
Sh.
368|J. R. Rose
No. Pacific O. Nov. 17
Feb. 15,1857
80 2515
Bought from New Bedford; built 1852; made four voyages be- tween those dates. Sent home $15,000 worth of oil and bone; sold to New York.
1854
Atlantic.
Sh.
321 |Zenas M. Coleman Pacific O.
June 13
Apr. 17,1858
1038
Columbia .
Sh.
Edward Carey . . Enterprise. .
Sh. Sh.
329 Hiram Folger 353|Perry Winslow 413|John Brown
Pacific O. Pacific O. Dec. 9 May 22 No. Pacific O. Dec. 16
May 24,1859 Aug. 8,1858 May 5,1858
1040 665 213|2500
Hamilton .
Sch.
136
Mohawk.
Sh.
Palmyra. . .
Sch.
Spartan ..
Sh. Sh.
75 Hiram Bailey 350 Charles Grant 100 Benj. Raymond 333 Elihu F. Turner 384|C. E. Cleaveland
Atlantic Pacific O. No. Atlantic Pacific O. Pacific O.
Apr. 25 Aug. 13 May 11 July 3 July 10
July 26, 1854 Aug. 23, 1858 Aug. 7,1855 June 21,1858 Apr. 20,1859
1746 100 1600
22
Sold to Mattapoisett.
Sent home 179 bbls. sperm, 31,000 lbs. bone; largest quantity ever brought into Nantucket.
William P. Dolliver Sch.
90
Nathan Manter Atlantic Hiram Bailey
Apr. 26 Dec. 17
June 26,1854
18 32
97 284
Sent home 260 bbls. sperm; sold 10 bbls. sperm.
Sent home 570 bbls. sperm. Second mate, Charles H. Ellis, killed by the falling of a block. Dec., 1855; sold to New Bedford; broken up 1858; sent home 23,000 lbs. bone.
6000
Three Brothers.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
477
REMARKS
1855
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Whale/ Whale- Oil Oil bone
Alabama .
Bk.
340 Thos. Coffin. 2nd |Pacific O.
June 27
Sept. 28, 1859
1151
Returned Sept. 1, leaking; sailed again Sept. 24; sent home 54 bbls. sperm.
Alpha .
Sh. Bk.
345 Wm. H. Haswell Pacific O. 260 Charles H. Chase |Pacific O.
July 9 May 23
July 29, 1859
1281
Apphia Maria
Condemned at Valparaiso, Mar., 1859.
Citizen .
Sh.
360 William Cash
Pacific O.
Oct. 29
July 4,1859
2012
130
Hamilton .
Sch.
Homer.
Bg.
75 -- Sheffield 140 Lewis B. Imbert 348 Obed Ramsdell
Nov. 23 Aug. 12 Sept. 18 June 14
Oct. 30,1856 Aug. 14,1860
107 928
20 64
Sold to New York.
Lost on Nashawena, homeward bound; had 736 bbls. sperm, 794 bbls. whale; sent home 240 bbls. sperm, 320 bbls. whale, 3000 lbs. bone.
Narragansett.
Sh. Sh. Sh.
398|Geo. W. Gardner 338 Charles C. Ray 417 Charles A. Veeder Pacific O.
Pacific O. Pacific O.
Nov. 22 Oct. 16 July 11
May 20,1860 May 12,1860 Oct. 26,1858
833 975 1721
Peru.
Bk.
259 Fred. A. Easton 140 Hiram Bailey
Pacific O. Atlantic
Oct. 4 Nov. 30
Aug. 1,1859 July 14,1856
820
Watchman.
Sch.
530
William P. Dolliver Sch. Young Hero . ... .. Sh.
90|James Maguire Atlantic 340 Valentine C. Long No. Pacific O. Oct. 8
Nov. 8
Built 1855; sold to the Spanish Government. Sent home 73 bbls. whale. Built at Manchester 1853; Capt. Bailey was drowned at Bona Vista, May 31, 1856. Added 1855. Burned at Sandwich Islands, 1858.
478
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Sent home 900lbs. of bone; sold to New York. No report.
James Loper. . Nantucket. .
Sh. Sh.
Norman.
Ocean Rover.
Atlantic Atlantic Pacific O 351 Richard C. Gibbs Pacific O.
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
REMARKS
1856
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS | nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Whale| Whale- bone Oil
REMARKS
Hero. .
Homer. ..
Sh. Bg. Sch.
313 William Holway 140 James L. Fisher 75 David Patterson
Pacific O. Atlantic Atlantic
Oct. 11 Nov. 20 July 21 Aug. 19 Sept. 19
July 11,1860 Sept. 9,1857
1150 77
250 54
Hamilton .
40
Islander.
Bk.
347 Chas. E. Starbuck Pacific O. 399 James Fisher Pacific O.
Built at Fairhaven, 1856. Sent home 82 bbls. sperm, 628 bbls. whale, 12,385 lbs. bone; lost on Strong's Island in 1859; saved 100 bbls. sperm.
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Capt. Hinckley came home sick; sent home 150 bbls. sperm, 1075 bbls. whale; lost on Elbow Island, Ochotsk Sea.
Sea Ranger.
Bk.
370 Henry W. Davis
Pacific O.
Sept. 16
Oct. 14,1860
1713
51
Built at Mattapoisett 1856; sold to Providence; afterwards bought for New Bedford.
Watchman ..
Sch.
140 Chas. W. Hussey
Atlantic
Sept. 23
Aug. 26,1858
44
386
1,350 Obtained 4 bbls. of ambergris which sold for $10,000.
William P. Dolliver Sch.
86
( J. Maguire J. Maguire ( James Russell
Atlantic
June 24 Aug. 20 Oct. 30
Aug. 15,1856 Aug. 25,1856 Oct. 20,1857
20
55 clean 66
Added 1856.
..
1170
Sold to New York; fitted for Cali- fornia.
Massachusetts ....
Sh.
360 Thos. Chatfield
Pacific O
Sept. 28
Oct. 14,1860
1540
Sent home 43,000 lbs. bone; sold to San Francisco, 1861.
Phenix.
Bk.
323 |J. Hinckley
No. Pacific O. Oct. 19
. .
Mary . ...
...
Sh.
369 John C. Brock
Pacific O.
Sept. 9
Apr. 29,1861
Aug. - 1856 June 9,1861
800
Lexington . .
Sh.
479
1857
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Sperm Oil
Oil
Whale| Whale- bone
Catawba Constitution .
Sh. Sh.
335 Israel Morey 400 Joseph Winslow
So. Atlantic Pacific O.
Sept. 3 Sept. 18
Apr. 19,1859 July 1,1863
21 2827
Sold to New York. Built at Mystic 1857; sold to New York, 1863
Eliza Jane.
Sch.
130 William T. Swain |So. Atlantic
Aug. 15
· Apr. 9,1859
550
Added 1857; tender to ship Ca- tawba; sold to New Bedford. Bought from Boston 1857; sent home 80 bbls. sperm; lost at Port Dauphin.
1858
Atlantic. . Edward Carey ..
Sh. Sh.
321 Zenas M. Coleman Pacific O. 353|Fran. M. Gardner Pacific O.
Aug. 2 Oct. 20
Aug. 23,1862
1316
Homer.
Key West.
Spartan. Watchman *.
Bg. Sch. Sh. Sch.
140|George Haggerty James McGuire . . 333 Obed R. Bunker 140 Chas. W. Hussey
So. Atlantic Nant. Shoals Pacific O. Atlantic
July 6 July 7 Oct. 19
Oct. 4,1859 July 25,1858 Aug. 23,1863
643
325 14 557 563
Sold to New York. Sold in San Francisco; fitted for a whaler from there, and was cap- tured and burned by the Shenan- doah; sent home 1500 lbs. bone. Sold to Fairhaven.
Sold to New Bedford.
*Four other schooners sailed, but returned clean.
1859
Mohawk. Peru.
Three Brothers. Watchman.
Sh. Bk. Sh. Sch.
350 George H. Swain 257 Elihu F. Turner 384 Calvin Swain 140 Chas. W. Hussey
Pacific O. Pacific O. Pacific O. Atlantic
May 12 Sept. 25 Sept. 6
June 29, 1863 May 2,1863 Apr. 2,1865 Sept. 25,1860
1000 1360 925 65
12 250 430
Sold to New York. Sold to New London. Sold to New Bedford.
480
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Nautilus . .
Bk.
220 Ed'n M. Hardwick Indian O.
June 22
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
REMARKS
1600
1860
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Alabama .
Bk.
340 Alfred M. Coffin
Pacific O.
May 6
Sent home 4000 gals. sperm; lost on Chatham Islands.
Alpha.
Sh.
345 Wm. H. Caswell
Pacific O.
Apr. 26
Took 1000 bbls. sperm; sold at San Francisco.
Columbia
Sh.
329 Joseph Abbott
Pacific O.
Apr. 30
Capt. Abbott died at sea, Sept. 5, 1861; condemned at Upola.
Hero. .
Sh
313|Edw. B.Hussey, Jr. Pacific O.
Sept. 30
Norman Watchman
Sh. Sch.
338|Richard C. Gibbs Pacific O. Atlantic 140 Chas. W. Hussey
Aug. 20 Nov. 30
May 3,1865 Oct. 13,1861
1200 20
400
Lost in Algoa Bay, New Holland, 1861. Sold to New Bedford. Sold to Provincetown.
1861
Samuel Chase. . . .
Sch
65 James McGuire
Shoals
125
Made five trips humpbacking; sold to Dartmouth.
1862
Islander.
Sh.
347 William Cash
Pacific O.
June 13 May 8 Nov. 17 May 9
July 13,1865
2400
560
Sent home 1800 lbs. bone; sold to New Bedford.
1863
Rainbow
Sch.
80|R. F. Kent
Atlantic
July -
Sept. - 1863
Clean.
481
HISTORY OF NANTUCKET
Rainbow .
Sch. Bk.
80 James McGuire Atlantic Robt. F. Kent 200|Chas. W. Hussey |Atlantic
Atlantic
July 3,1862 June 23, 1863 July 26, 1865
35
56
29
R. L. Barstow
360 556
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Spem |Whale| Whale- Oil
REMARKS
1864
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
bone
Rainbow
Sch.
80 Zenas M. Coleman Atlantic
May 4
Sept. 12, 1864
80
20
Sold to Dartmouth.
1865
Eunice H. Adams .. Sch. R. L. Barstow . . .
Bk.
107|Z. M. Coleman 182 Chas. W. Hussey
Atlantic Atlantic
Apr. 18 Nov. 19
Sept. 30, 1865 Sept. 20,1868
- 230 400|
400
1866
Amy.
Bk. Bk.
232 Joseph Winslow 234 |Edw. McCleave
Pacific O. Pacific O.
May 30 Nov. 6
1450
50
1
.
Eunice H. Adams .. Sch. M. Wrightington . Bk.
107|Z. M. Coleman
132 Elihu F. Turner
Atl. & Ind. O. May 8 Pacific O.
Sept. 26, 1866
203
Bought from Boston 1866; sold to Boston 1871. Sent home 723 lbs. bone; Mr. Munroe, first mate, killed by falling from aloft, Jan., 1871; sold at Talcahuano for whaling. Mate, James H. Bunker, killed by a whale; altered to a brig, 1867. Bought from Fall River 1866; sold at Talcahuano.
1867
Amy Bradford . . .. Eunice H. Adams .. Oak.
Sch. Bg. Bk.
114 John Murray 107|Z. M. Coleman 167 Josiah Chadwick
Atlantic Atlantic Apr. 30 May 1 Atl. & Ind. O. June 11
Sept. 1,1868 Sept. 26,1868 Sept. 20, 1869
404 170 570
5
15
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DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
Sperm Whale| Whale- Oil
REMARKS
July 2
B. Colcord
1868
NAME OF VESSEL
Ton- CLASS| nage
CAPTAIN
WHALING GROUND
Sailed
Returned
Oil
Sperm Whale Whale- Oil bone
REMARKS
Bohio.
R. L. Barstow.
Bk. Bk.
197 Henry W. Davis Pacific O. 182 William Jernegan |Pacific O.
July 12 Dec. 19
430
650
Bought from New York 1868; sold at Callao, Jan., 1872. Sold at Callao, Feb., 1873.
1869
Abby Bradford. Eunice H. Adams .. |Bg. Oak ...
Sch. Bk.
114 John Murray 107|Z. M. Colema :_
Atlantic Atlantic 167|Wm. B. Thompson Pacific O.
May 10 Mar. 31 Nov. 16
Oct. 24,1869 June 14,1870
500 550
10 10
Sold to New Bedford. Sold to New Bedford. Sold at Panama, 1872; sent home 60 bbls. sperm, 450 bbls. whale. Nantucket's last whaler.
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483
DATE
RESULT OF VOYAGE
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CHAPTER XI
THE TRAGEDIES OF WHALE FISHING
Many business enterprises have their special risks. The ma- jority of those hazards can be foreseen and guarded against, and become risks largely through carelessness or a disobedience of in- structions. It is doubtful if any other pursuit can show the multi- tude of perils that the Whale Fishery developed or the number which could not reasonably have been foreseen and avoided. It would not easily be possible to record the vast number of fatalities or very serious injuries that befell individual whalemen from a great variety of causes-such as falling from aloft; drowning by being lost overboard; carried down under water by being caught by a leg or an arm by a kink in a whale-line when fast to a whale; by being thrown into the water disabled from a stoven boat; murdered by the treacherous natives of some of the myriad Pacific islands where ships' captains sought water and supplies. These were tragedies indeed in the families to which the victims belonged, but they were too numerous to chronicle, and, though overwhelming to the fami- lies to which the unfortunate men belonged lost their importance as historical events because of their frequency. It is therefore pos- sible only to note those in which a ship's company participated, and which became especially noteworthy because of the circumstances surrounding or accompanying them.
The first of these casualties or tragedies among Nantucket whale- men of which there seems to be any record is the loss of a sloop commanded by Elisha Coffin in 1722 with all on board. A similar casualty befel a sloop commanded by Thomas Hathaway in 1731: The first of which we have a detailed account is the wrecking of the schooner, Lowden, commanded by Peleg Swain, and the sloop Ro- chester commanded by David Squires, that left Nantucket June 10, 1774, bound on a whaling voyage to the Coast of Africa. Although none of either crew perished the escape of both companies was re- markable.
Shaping their course from Sankoty Head, the weather being pleasant and the larger number of the crews being below, they were suddenly startled by the cry of "breakers."* Mr. Macy, in describing the event sayst-"A boat's crew from the sloop attempted to carry
*It is most surprising that skilled navigators as the officers must have been and familiar with the waters around Nantucket, that they should have been caught as they were.
Hist. of Nantucket p 2360.
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out an anchor, with a faint hope that they might get the vessel off the shoal, but the sea ran so high as to compel them to drop the anchor under the bows. The boat was carried over the shoal ;* and, not being able to regain the sloop, the crew made the best of their way for the shore, but, as the weather was pleasant, they came around the Point; and landed in the harbor. A vessel, was im- mediately sent to the relief of those in peril, which returned the next day, without making any discoveries. * * There was some hope that the remaining crews might be saved; and accordingly a large number of the inhabitants traversed the shore: and kept a constant look out.
"The quarter-deck of the sloop departed from the body of the vessel nearly whole. The crew, 13 in number,¿ got upon it, and ex- erted themselves to gain the shore. Their only provisions con- sisted of a jug of rum and about three quarters of a barrel: of flour. At dawn of day they reached the S. E. part of the Island, whence they travelled to Siasconset. The crew of the schooner did not fare so well. Their boats being dashed to pieces, they made a raft of spars, and without provisions of any kind, with paddles and pieces of board, attempted to gain the shore. With unremitted la- bor, they got within a short distance of Siasconset in the evening of the same day, on which the other crew landed. The tide was sweeping them by, undiscovered by the people of the village .** They then hallooed with their united voices many times; at length they were heard and responded to. A boat was immediately sent off, which took them from their perilous situation and brought them on shore, exhausted with fatigue and hunger. But for the fine weather they must have inevitably perished."
SHIP UNION
The ship Union, Edmund Gardner, master, sailed from Nan- tucket September 19, 1807, bound on a whaling voyage to the Coast of Brazil. At 10 o'clock on the evening of October 1st while sailing along at about seven miles an hour with a brisk breeze from the North-west and a high swell on, a whale was struck by her, tt the blow being on the ship's starboard bow, ten or twelve feet from the stern and seven below the wale. So heavy was the impact that two timbers were broken. The pumps were immediately manned, but the water rushed in through the break so rapidly that it be- came evident that the destruction of the ship was certain and was only briefly postponed. Preparations were at once made by Capt. Gardner, who was a young man and on his first voyage as com- mander, to abandon ship.## The boats were accordingly got ready for lowering and supplies with provisions, water, fireworks, books, and nautical instruments and such other needed articles as could safely be carried.
*Great Rip-about 15 miles from the east end of the island. +Great Point.
ber. ¿It would seem as though Mr. Macy must be in error about the'num- The sloop's complement of men was doubtless two boats' crews and a ship keeper. One boat's crew had been sent off with the anchor, so it is not likely that 13 were left. :
** At the rate of about three miles an hour. ++A .sperm whale .:
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