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Showing posts with label Antarctic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antarctic. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Columbia 1842-1844

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 492 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Date of departure 13 July 1842., Date of return 8 April 1844. Number of fur seal skins 0.Barrels of sea-elephant oil 3,200, 1,000 barrels whale oil, 7,000 pounds whale bone.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

American sailing sealing ship Charles Carroll 1847-1849

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 412 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 21 July 1847, Date of return 3 July 1849. Number of fur seal skins. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 3,000. Went to California in 1849.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Thursday, 24 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Charles Caroll 1845-1847

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 412 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 26 August 1845. Date of return 24 May 1847. Number of fur seal skins 0. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 2,00 also whale oil and whale bone.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

American sailing sealing ship Charles Carroll 1844-1845

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging ship. Tonnage 404 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 26 June 1844. Date of return 10 March 1845. Number of fur seal skins 0. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,200. Furthermore 2,000 barrels whale oil, 17,000 pounds whale bone.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Monday, 21 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Byron 1843-1845

Homeport Stonington, Connecticut, USA. Rigging bark. Tonnage 170 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Seas. Date of departure 20 July 1843. Date of return 26 May 1845. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,000, also 300 barrels whale oil and 2,400 pounds whalebone.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

American sailing sealing ship Bolton 1844-1845

Homeport Stonington, Connecticut. Rigging bark. Tonnage 220 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Crozet Islands. Date of departure 1 July 1844. Date of return 30 May 1845. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 600.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887

Sunday, 20 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Bolton 1843-1844

Homeport Stonington, Connecticut, USA. Rigging bark. Tonnage 220 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Seas. Date of departure 39 July 1843. Date of return 24 May 1844. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,400.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.

American sailing sealing ship Betsey 1844-1845

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging schooner Tonnage 125 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Cape Horn. Date of departure 19 July 1844. Lost in the Straits of Magellan on 3 January 1845.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Saturday, 19 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Betsey 1842-1844

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 125 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Seas.Date of departure 18 July 1842. Date of return 3 June 1844. Number of fur seal skins 300. Barrels of sea-elephant oil -. Also 12,000 hair seal-skins, 400 other skins and whale oil.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

American sailing sealing ship Betsey 1840-1842

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 113 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Pacific. Date of departure 14 August 1840. Date of return 8 June 1842. Number of fur seal skins 200. Barrels of sea-elephant oil -. Also 12,000 hair-seal skins, 200 other skins and whale oil.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Friday, 18 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Atlas 1847-1849

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 81 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 11 August 1847. Date of return 2 May 1849. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 200. Tender of the Corinthian.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

American sailing sealing ship Atlas 1849-1851

Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 81 tons. Antarctic sealing ground Desolation Island. Date of departure 1 September 1849. Date of return 22 April 1851. Number of fur seal skins - . Barrels of sea-elephant oil 220.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Thursday, 17 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship America 1845-1847

Homeport Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Rigging bark. Tonnage 217 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Atlantic. Date of departure 31 August 1845. Date of return 9 September 1847. Number of fur seal skins -. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,200. Also 400 barrels whale oil.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

American sailing sealing ship Uxor in 1839-1840

Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging brig. Captain Mitchell, left Mystic, Connecticut on 10 July 1839 and arrived at home with 600 barrels sea-elephant oil.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Tampico in 1839-1840

Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging brig. Captain Pendleton, departed from Mystic, Connecticut on 22 June 1839 and arrived at home on 6 March 1840 with 550 barrels sea-elephant oil.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.

American sailing sealing ship Anonymous in prior 1840

Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging schooner. Of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Made two voyages to southern seas prior to 1840 bringing home around 5,000 fur-seal skins.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Somerset in 1839-1840

Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging brig. Captain Barnum left Stonington for the Crozet Islands in 1839 and arrived at home in 1840 with 800 barrels sea-elephant oil

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

American sailing sealing ship Rebecca Groves in 1839-1840

Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging brig. Tonnage 129 tons. Captain Barnum, sailed from Stonington for the Indian Ocean on 15 July 1839 and arrived at home on 7 June 1840 with 650 barrels sea-elephant oil.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887. 

Monday, 14 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Philetus in 1839-1841

Antarctic sealing ground. Tonnage 278 tons. Rigging ship. Captain Brewster, left Stonington for the Crozet Islands on 10 July 1839 and arrived at home on 28 February 1841 with 1,800 barrels sea-elephant oil.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.

American sailing sealing ship Penguin in 1839-1840

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Left Stonington in 1839 and arrived at home in 1840 with 800 fur-seal skins.

Source

Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.