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Showing posts with label Sailing ships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sailing ships. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 September 2026

Scottish whaler Juno in 1821

Type ship. Master D. Robertson. Tonnage 353 tons. Built at Scarborough? in 1800. Owner Kincaid M.Kinzie. Port where registered Leith.

Source

List of the shipping registered in the different ports of Scotland. Glasgow, 1821. 

Scottish whaler Jean in 1821

Type Brig. Master R. Bruce? Tonnage 235 tons. Built at Peterhead in 1817. Owner R. Skelton&Co. Port where registered Aberdeen.

Source

List of the shipping registered in the different ports of Scotland. Glasgow, 1821. 

American sailing sealing ship Tampico in 1838-1839

Antarctic sealing ground Crozet Islands. Rigging brig. Captain Bailey, tonnage 99 tons, sailed from Mystic, Connecticut in June 1838 and arrived at home on 8 April 1839 with 100 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 Governor Endicott in 1838-1840

Antarctic sealing ground south seas. Rigging ship. Captain Holmes, tonnage 298 tons, sailed from Mystic, Connecticut on 11 July 1838 for the South Seas and arrived at home on 5 September 1839 with 1,300 barrels of sea-elephant oil. Tender was schooner Plutarch of 81 tons, captain Stevens. Departed on 1 December 1839, captain McKinstry and wrecked on New Holland on 8 JUly 1840.

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, 9 September 2026

Italian sailing ship S. Antonio P lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 7 June due to unknown on the location 20 miles north of Pantelleria. Tonnage 27 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

American sailing sealing ship Columbia in 1838

Antarctic sealing ground. Rigging ship. Captain Smith, tonnage 492 tons, sailed from New London to Desolation Island on 25 July 1838 and arrived at home on 1 May 1839 with 3,700 barrels of 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 Antarctic in 1838

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Arrived in 1838 at Stonington with 3,000 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, 8 September 2026

Italian sailing ship Argentina lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 7 June due to bombs on the location Tunis, Tunisia. Tonnage 41 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

American sailing sealing ship Plutarch 1835 and 1837

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 81 tons. Of Stonington. Made 2 sealing voyages in 1835 and 1837 and came back with 3,500 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. 

American sailing sealing ship Penguin in 1837

Antarctic sealing ground southern seas. Rigging schooner. Arrived at Stonington in 1837 with 1,500 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. 

Monday, 7 September 2026

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Pietersz Kastricum 1723-1729

Bookkeeper Cornelis en Dirk Yff, Westzaan

1723

Whales 5.5 Barrels blubber 200

1724

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 20

1725

Whales 6 Barrels blubber 180

1726

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1727

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 80

1728

Whales 2.5 Barrels blubber 100

1729

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

Total

Whales 16 Barrels blubber 580

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Visman de Jonge 1725-1728

Bookkeeper Cornelis Dirksz Tewis, Zaandam

1724

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0

1725

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 50

1726

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 70

1727

Whales 2 Barrels blubber 110

Bookkeeper Erven [Heirs] Cornelis Dirksz Twis, Zaandam

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 50

Total

Whales 6.5 Barrels blubber 50

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

British sailing transport Talavera in the Crimean War on 28 October 1854

According to a list of the return of the disposition in the Black Sea on 28 October 1854 drawn up by Captain and Principal Agent of Transports P. Christie, “Melbourne”, Balaklava, Crimea: number transport 98, present position Balaklava, remarks to receive wounded. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. The British Government chartered a large number of merchant ships for transporting troops and stores.

Source

Reports from Committees: eight volumes. 3-Part II. Army before Sebastopol. Session 12 December 1854-14 August 1855. Vol. IX-Part II. 

American sailing sealing ship Corvo in 1837-1839

Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging ship. Tonnage 349 tons. Captain Beck. Left Stonington on 27 December 1837, arrived home on 13 October 1839 with 1,200 barrels sea-elephant oil and 2,400 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 Bolton in 1837-1838

Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging schooner. Left Stonington in December 1837, arrived home on 1 September 1838 with a full load of sea-elephant oil 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. 

Sunday, 6 September 2026

Italian sailing ship H. Dionisio lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 7 June due to bombs on the location 80 miles north Cap Bon. Tonnage 97 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Scottish whaler Jane in 1821

Type ship. Master Christie. Tonnage 278 tons. Built at Whitby in 1797. Owner Union Whale Fishing Co. Port where registered Aberdeen.

Source

List of the shipping registered in the different ports of Scotland. Glasgow, 1821. 

Scottish whaler Horne Castle in 1821

Type ship. Master G. Wallace. Tonnage 311 tons. Built at Newburgh in 1811. Owner Charles White. Port where registered Leith.

Source

List of the shipping registered in the different ports of Scotland. Glasgow, 1821. 

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Klaasz 1744-1752

Bookkeeper Anthony Waterman, Amsterdam

1744

Whales 10 Barrels blubber 320 Quardelen whale oil 450

Bookkeeper Arent Bruyn, Monnikendam

1745

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil 0

Bookkeeper Anne Jacobsz and Volkert de Vries, Amsterdam

1751

Whales 1 Barrels blubber 56 Quardelen whale oil 73

1752

Whales 0 Barrels blubber 0 Quardelen whale oil 0

Total

Whales 11 Barrels blubber 376 Quardelen whale oil 523

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Mynhart 1738-1741

Bookkeeper Aris Last, Zaandam

1738

Whales 1.5 Barrels blubber 60

1739

Whales 2.5 Barrels blubber 70

1740

Whales 1 3/4 Barrels blubber 90 Quardelen whale oil 130

1741

Whales 0.5 Barrels blubber 20 Quardelen whale oil 29

Total

Whales 6.25 Barrels blubber 240

Source

Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.