| Achilles |
1813 |
South Shields, County of Durham |
1820: William Deuchars; 1821-28: William Valentine; 1829: James Hogg; 1830: David Ramsay Thoms |
At least 1820 to 1830 |
1820: 3 whales; 1821: 9 whales; 1822: 5 whales; 1823: 7 whales, 260 tons oil; 1824: 2 whales; 1826: 7 whales, 110 tuns oil; 1827: 19 whales, 220 tuns oil, full ship; 1828: 24 whales; 1829: 7 whales |
Lost 25 June 1830 along with Baffin, Rattler of Aberdeen and the French Ville de Dieppe. |
| Active |
1852 |
Francis Robertson, Peterhead |
When she sailed from Peterhead, Active was mastered by Captain David Gray, 1 of the most well-known of the Peterhead whaling captains. 1874 - 1878: Captain Alexander Fairweather; 1878-1881: Captain James Fairweather; 1882: Captain Taylor; 1883: Captain Salmond; 1884- 1887: Captain Brown; 1894- 1897: Captain Thomas Robertson; 1898, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1911: Captain John Murray; 1912: Captain James Bannerman: 1913: Captain Alexander Murray; 1914: Captain John Murray |
1874 to 1916 |
1874: 25 whales, 160 tons oil, 9 tons bone, 3200 seals, 60 tons seal oil; 1875: 15 whales, 110 tons oil, 4.5 tons bone - no seals; 1876: 9 whales, 115 tons whale oil, 7 tons whalebone, 4700 seals, 45 tons seal oil; 1878: 5500 seals, 55 tons oil; 1879: 3 whales, 23 tons whale oil, 1 ton whalebone, 1700 seals, 19 tons seal oil; 1880: 15 whales, 150 tons whale oil, 8 tons whalebone; 3300 seals, 46 tons seal oil; 1881: 4 whales, 45 tons whale oil, 2 tons bone, 1700 seals, 19 tons seal oil; 1882: 6 whales, 45 tons whale oil, 2 tons whalebone; 1883: 1641 seals, 44 tons seal oil; 1885: 4000 seals, 90 tons oil, 9 narwhals, 7 bottlenose whales; 1886: 2 whales, 35 tons whale oil, 2 tons whalebone; 1887: 60 tons oil; 1888: clean; 1889: 69 tons oil, 36 cwt bone; 1890: 1600 seals, 38 tons oil; 1891: 1 whale, 35 tons oil, 1 ton bone, 450 seals; 1892: 1 whale, 400 seals, 17 tons oil, half a ton bone; 1893: [Antarctic] 4000 seals; 1894: 2 whales, 40 tons oil, 0.75 tons bone; 1895: 9 whales, 95 tons oil, 4.5 tons bone; 1896: 4 whales, 45 tons oil, 4 cwt bone; 1897: 70 walrus; 1898: 150 walrus; 1899: 170 walrus; 1900: 1 whale, 327 walrus, 76 bears, 28 tons oil, 7 cwt bone; 1901: 5 black whales, 25 tons oil, 30 cwt bone; 1903: 5 black whales, 78 walrus, 125 seals, 41 cwt whalebone, 34 white whales; 1904: 2 black whales, 69 white whales, 38 walrus, 52 seals, 32 bears, 20 tons oil, 21 cwt bone, 157 foxes, 30 musk ox; 1905: 3 black whales, 20 white whales, 52 walrus, 146 seals, 31 bears, 104 foxes, 5.5 tons oil, 2.5 cwt bone; 1906: 2 black whales, 4 white whales, 360 walrus, 90 seals, 25 bears, 87 foxes, 28 tons oil, 3 cwt whalebone; 1907: 32 white whales, 374 walrus, 185 seals, 65 bears, 650 foxes, 28 tons oil; 1908: 1 black whale, 5 white whales, 452 walrus, 21 seals, 100 bears, 43 tons oil, 10 cwt whalebone, 145 foxes; 1909: 1 whale, 480 walrus, 247 seals, 150 bears, 10 tons oil, 4 cwt whalebone; 1910: 2 whales, 60 tons oil; 30 cwt whalebone, 540 walrus, 1000 foxes; 1911: 3 whales, 10 tons oil, 40 cwt bone, 206 walrus, 50 seal, 20 bears; 1913: 6 whales, 60 tons oil, 4 tons bone, 25 walrus, 25 bear; 1914: 2 white whales, 2 sea horses, 13 bears |
Off Orkney, Scapa Floe block ship or en route to Russia with munitions. |
| Adventure |
1906 |
Dundee Shipbuilders Company |
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| Advice |
1785 |
Whitby |
1805, 1806, 1807: James Webster; 1808: James Webster; 1809 George Caithness or James Webster; 1810, 1811, 1812: William Adamson; 1815-18, 1820-21, 1823-25: Lanceman Webster; 1826-1837: George Deuchars; 1837: Lanceman Webster; 1837-38: Deuchars; 1840: William Adamson jnr; 1843: Deuchars; 1844: Alexander Deuchars; 1845-48: Crammond; 1849: William Penny; 1850-51: Charles. Reid, 1852: David Robb; 1854-55, 1857-59 George Simpson |
From at least 1805 until 1859 |
1805: 5 whales, 70 casks oil; 1806: 6 whales, 90 casks oil; 1807: 9 whales, 339 butts of oil 1808: 5 whales, 15 butts oil;1810: 16 whales - full - 180 tuns oil, which was a record catch; 1811: 8 whales; 1812: 10 whales, 150 butts oil; 1813: 2 whales; 1814: 8 whales, 140 tons oil; 1815: 1 whale; 1816: 6 whales; 1818: 3 whales; 1819: 5 whales, 40 tuns oil; 1820: 12 whales, 140 tuns oil; 1821: 13 whales; 1823: 23 whales, 210 tons oil; 1824: 2 whales 1826: 8 whales; 1827: 8 whales, 130 tuns oil; 1828: 29 whales - full; 1829: 10 whales, 140 tons oil; 1830: 1 whale; 1831: 11 whales, 155 tons oil; 1832: 24 whales, 240 tons oil, 14 tons bone; 1833: 29 whales, 270 tons; 1834: 25 whales, 220 tons oil; 1838: 4 whales, 53 tuns oil; 1839: 5 whales, 109 casks; 1840: clean; 1843: 7 whales, 80 tuns; 1844: 6 whales, 1845: 26 whales, 180 tuns oil; 1846: 6 whales; 1847: 3 whales, 30 tuns oil; 1848: 17 whales, 165 tuns oil; 1850: 3 whales, 40 tons oil; 1851: 3 whales, 59 casks oil; 1852: 4 whales, 50 casks oil, 1 ton bone; 1853: 12 tons oil; 1854: 2 whales; 1855: 3 whales, 40 tons oil; 1857: 2 whales, 18 cwt bone, 36 casks blubber; 1858: 2 whales, 40 tons oil; 1859: 9 whales, 110 tuns oil then lost |
Lost Davis Strait, 23 June or July 1859. Her crew of 55 were rescued by a Hull vessel after 48 hours on ice. |
| Albert |
1889 |
Yarmouth |
1903-1911: Captain Mutch; 1914: Captain Beavan; 1916, 1919: John Murray; 1920: Captain Beaven |
1903 to 1908, possibly 1916 |
1903: 11 walrus; 1904: 2 black whales, 19 white whales, 5 walrus, 686 seals, 16 bears, 10 tons oil, 5 cwt whalebone, 54 foxes; 1905: 2 white whales, 13 walrus, 218 seals, 22 bears, 59 foxes, 8 tons oil; 1906: 684 seals, 29 bears, 150 foxes; 1907: 21 walrus, 560 seal, 28 bears, 40 foxes, 17 tons oil |
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1903-1907: Captain Mutch |
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1900: 1 whale, 138 walrus, 3400 seals, 60 tons oil, 10 cwt bone; 1901: 2 black whales, 40 tons oil, 6 cwt bone, 3600 seals; 1902: 1 black whale, 11 white whales, 54 walrus, 205 seals, 77 bear, 10 tons oil, 9 cwt whalebone |
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| Alexander |
1811 |
Hyth, County Durham |
1831: David Ramsay Thoms; 1835: George Cameron; 1837: David Robertson; 1840: David Sturrock; 1843: Charles Reid, 1845: James Donnet Sturrock; 1857: Captain Tod; 1858-60: John Nicoll; 1861: Pattison |
1831 to 1862 |
1831: 4 whales; 1832: 26 whales, 210 tons oil, 13 tons bone; 1833: 26 whales, 197 tons oil; 1834: 11 whales, 125 tuns oil; 1837: 3 whales, 60 casks oil; 1838: 6 whales, 55 tuns oil; 1839: clean; 1840: 3 whales; 1842: 17 whales, 107 tuns oil; 1843: 13 whales, 85 tuns; 1844: 3 whales, 36 tuns oil: 1845: 27 whales, 170 tons oil; 1847: 3 whales, 15 tuns oil; 1848: 6 whales, 60 tuns; 1849: 22 whales, 160 tuns oil, full ship; 1850: 6 whales, 80 tuns oil; 1851: 4 whales, 69 casks; 1852: 7 whales, 83 casks oil; 1853: 34 tons oil; 1854: 2 whales; 1855: clean; 1856: 10 whales, 200 tons oil; 1857: 2 whales, 24 tons oil, 1 ton bone, 28 casks blubber; 1858: 3 whales, 45 tons oil;1859: 14 whales, 135 tons oil; 1860: 1 whale, 15 tons oil; 1861: 6 whales, 45 tons oil [Davis Strait] |
Lost at Davis Strait in 1862. |
| Alexander |
1865 |
Dundee |
1864: George Deuchars; 1865-69: J Walker |
1864 to 1869 |
1864: 6 whales, 70 tons oil; 1865: 18 whales, 170 tons oil; 1866: 6 whales, 75 tons oil; 1867: clean of whales, 9050 seals, 110 tons oil; 1868: 6 whales, 100 tons oil, 5.5 tons bone; 11408 seals, 140 tons seal oil; 1869: 7200 seals, 80 tons seal oil |
Register closed and certificate cancelled 19 October 1869, vessel lost at Melville Bay 17 July 1869, jammed between floes during a heavy gale. Crew of 58 picked up by other whalers; 8 boats saved; 3 men remained on whalers, others landed in Danish settlement of Leively; Danish vessels brought 31 to Lerwick and 24 to Copenhagen. |
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| Arctic I |
1867 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1867: Captain Wells; 1868-74, Captain W Adams |
1867 to 1874 |
1867: clean of whales, 550 seals, 7 tons oil; 1868: 16 whales, 135 tons oil, 7 tons bone; 1869: 4000 seals, 50 tons seal oil; 1870: 13 whales, 140 tons whale oil, 7 and a half ton bone; 11,000 seals, 120 tons seal oil; 1871: 37 whales, 259 tons oil, 17 tons bone, 17800 seals; 1872: 15 whales, 210 tons whale oil, 8000 seals; 1873: 28 whales, 260 tons oil, 13 tons bone, 5800 seals, 65 tons oil; 1874: 45000 seals, 100 tons |
Lost in 1874. Captain Adam's Statement on the loss of Arctic: 'On the morning of the 7th August a very strong gale, blowing from the SSE, was experienced. The ice ran very fast and squeezed the vessel heavily. At 8.30 am the ice brought up on Cape Garry, causing it to crush more strongly round the Arctic. Her timbers created in an alarming manner but she made no water. At 9 AM the ice took a fearfull sally, heaving the vessel completely on her beam ends. It was then discovered that she was making water rapidly. The mate and carpenter informed Captain Adams that the port bow had been stove in, and that there was a fearful rush of water aft. He sent all hands to the pumps and the donkey and bilge injection pumps were set to work. The water, however, gained so fast that in fifteen minutes the fires were drowned out. The water very shortly afterwards gained its own level. Captain Adams sent all hands to save the provisions and effects. The ice was at that time taking tremendous sallies, so much so that as fast as the provisions were landed on it they were covered up by the broken masses. Many of the men, in trying to save the provisions, lost all their clothes. The ship was up to this period borne up by the pressure of the ice, but it was unsafe to go under decks in case of the ice opening, when she would immediately have sunk. To make matters worse, a howling storm and heavy rain came on, and it was pitiable to see 54 men walking about without shelter and drenched to the skin. No were the other ships much better. Although the nips were not so hard upon them, the crew had all their effects and provisions on the ice, many of the men losing their clothes. At 6 pm the Arctic took fire in the fore part, and the flames rapidly spread over all of her that was above the water. The ice then opened, and the wreck went down stern first. For several days the crew had to live on the ice. The 10ts were erected and in this they made themselves as comfortable as the circumstances would permit. The storm at last passing, the men were on the 8th taken on board the Intrepid, but they were afterwards divided amongst the 4 ships within reach. On the Victor completing her cargo, Captain Deuchars offered to take all hands home with him, and of course his proposal was gladly accepted.' |
