| Arctic II |
1875 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1875-1883: Adams; 1884-1887: Guy, 1889: Robertson |
1875 to 1888 |
1875: 8 whales, 120 tons oil, 7 tons bone, 13000 seals, 130 tons oil; 1876: 6 whales, 93 tons whale oil, 5 tons whalebone, 4000 seals, 55 tons seal oil; 1877: 4 whales, 9ty tons whale oil, 4.5 tons whalebone, 27585 seals plus 485 white seals; 1878: 1 whale, 17 tons oil, 24 cwt bone, 33000 seals, 300 tons seal oil plus 1100 seals on secondtrip; 1879: 8 whales, 115 tons whale oil, 5.5 tons whalebone, 20,000 seals, 260 tons seal oil; 1880: 12 whales, 160 tons whale oil, 4 tons whalebone, 25250 seals, 330 tons seal oil; 1881: 13 whales, 130 tons whale oil, 5.5 tons whalebone, 3040 seals, 29 tons seal oil; 1882: 24663 seals, 250 tons oil in 2 trips; 1883: 195 tons oil, 8235 Newfoundland seals, 100 tons oil; 1884: 30 bottlenose whales, 105 tons oil, 5 tons whalebone, 100 seals; 1885: 1 whale, 16 tons oil, 0.75 ton whalebone, 20 narwhal; 1886: 2 whales, 20 tons whale oil, 2 ton bone, 11600 seals; 1887: 6800 seals, 73 tons oil (ship abandoned) |
Lost in 1887, nipped in ice and when it became obvious the ship could not get home it was aband1d. Crew was distributed between the Active and the Chieftain. |
| Aurora |
1877 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1877-79: James Bannerman; 1880-1882: Alexander Fairweather; 1883 - 1888: James Fairweather; 1889-93: Harry McKay |
1877 to 1894 |
1877: 8 whales, 80 tons whale oil, 4.5 tons whalebone, 16196 seals; 1878: 1 whale, 18 tons whale oil, 1 ton bone, 17000 seals, 200 tons seal oil; 1879: 6 whales, 32 tons whale oil, 1.5 tons whalebone, 26700 seals, 280 tons seal oil; 1880: 20 whales, 190 tons whale oil, 8 tons whalebone, 12999 seals, 170 tons seal oil; 1881: 5 whales, 37 tons whale oil, 2 tons whalebone, 24875 seals, 243 tons seal oil; 1882: 16 whales, 140 tons whale oil;, 6 tons whalebone, 8250 seals, 81 tons seal oil; 1883: 12821 seals at Newfoundland, 137 tons oil, 2250 Greenland seals, 44 tons oil; 1884: 13 whales, 105 tons whale oil, 5 tons whalebone, 2800 seals; 1885: 1 whale, 15 tons oil, 0.25 tons bone, 12345 seals, 125 tons seal oil; 1886: 600 seals, 3 bears, 1 narwhal; 1887: 46 tons oil, 1 ton bone, 5250 seals; 1888: 24693 seals, 243 tons oil; 1889: 11166 seals, 130 tons oil; 1890: 4 whales, 315 white whales, 12,500 seals, 96 tons oil, 45 cwt bone; 1891: 1 whale, 7 tons oil, 17,000 seals; 1893: 14 whales, 7 cwt bone, 130 tons oil, 7919 seals, 85 tons seal oil |
Recorded missing 2 Jan 1918. |
| Balaena |
1872 |
Drammen, Norway |
1892 -1896: Captain Alexander Fairweather; 1897-1901: Captain T Robertson; 1902: Bannerman; 1903-08 Captain Guy; 1909-11: Captain J Murray; 1917: Captain W Adams |
1891 to 1917 |
1892: 2 whales, 2156 seals, 32 tons of oil, 10.5 tons of oil, half ton whalebone; 1893: 5300 seals, 160 tons oil; 1894: 1 whale, 820 white whales, 113 tons oil, 19 cwt whalebone; 1895: 1424 white whales; 1896: clean; 1897: 1 whale 15.5 tons oil, half ton whalebone, 709 walrus - 51.5 ton oil half ton bone; 1898: shared 1000 seals with Polar Star; 716 seals, 257 walrus, 22 polar bears, 30 tons oil; 1899: 20 musk ox, 13 whales, 7 walrus, 9 seals, 3 narwhals, 11 bears, 41 tons oil, 2 tons whalebone; 1900: 1 whale, 91 walrus, 18 bears, 21 tons oil and 14 cwt whalebone; 1901: 2 whales, 104 white whales, 2 walrus, 3 seals, 8 polar bears, 46 tons oil, 36 cwt whalebone; 1902: 640 white whales, 14 walrus, 4 seals, 17 polar bears, 65 tons oil; 1903: 1 whale, 2 walrus, 4 white whales, 35 bears, 6 seal, 14 tons oil, 18 cwt whalebone; 1904: 1 whale, 4 polar bears, 10 tons oil and 15 cwt whalebone; 1905: 4 whales, 2 white whales, 14 polar bears, 50 tons oil, 56 cwt whalebone; 1906: 1 whale, 6 walrus, 9 seals; 20 bears, 25 foxes, 15 tons oil and 15 cwt whalebone; 1907: 3 walrus, 26 seals, 43 polar bears, 1 ton oil; 1908: 4 whales, 13 seals, 9 bear, 39 tons oil and 38 cwt whalebone; 1909: 4 whales, 20 seals, 16 bears, 24 tons oil, 23 cwt whalebone; 1910: 5 whales, 3 seal, 9 bears, 47 tons oil, 3 tons whalebone; 1911: 2 whales, 3 bear, 7 tons oil and 7 cwt whalebone; 1913: clean |
Sold to Liverpool owners, who sold her to Kymo Shipping Co, Norway 1917. Sold as hulk in 1929. |
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| Bear |
1874 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1874: Captain Graham; 1884: Lieu10ant W. H Emory |
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In 1883 caught 32,000 seals, best catch of season |
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| Bloodhound - later Discovery |
1872 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
Captain Glass |
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Wrecked Point La Haye, 15 July 1917. |
| Calypso |
1787 |
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1810-11, 1815-16: William Christopher; 1817-18, 1820-22: George Thoms |
From 1810 |
1810: 14 whales, full; 1811: 7 whales; 1812: 1 whale, 150 butts oil; 1813: 3 whales; 1816: 17 whales, 100 butts oil; 1817: 7 whales, 100 tuns oil; 1820: 11 whales, 160 tuns oil; 1821: 12 whales; 1822 lost |
Lost in ice, 27 July 1822. |
| Camperdown |
1860 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1864-1871: Captain William Bruce; 1872-1878: Captain John Gravill |
1860 to 1878 |
1860: 2 whales, 30 tons oil; 1861: 25 whales, 125 tons oil; 1864: 7 whales, 70 tons oil, 8000 seals, 90 tons oil; 1865: 9 whales, 85 tons oil, 20000 seals, 220 tons seal oil; 1866: 5 whales, 60 tons oil, 22500 seals, 260 tons seal oil; 1867, 1 whale, 10 tons oil, 9800 seals, 125 tons oil; 1868: 19 whales, 160 tons oil, 10.5 tons bone; 1869, 1 whale, 15 tons oil, 2000 seals, 20 tons seal oil; 1870: 8 whales, 100 tons oil, 6 tons bone, 8,100 seals, 65 tons seal oil; 1871: 12 whales, 140 tons oil, 9.5 tons bone, 2500 seals; 1871: 12 whales, 140 tons oil, 9.5 tons bone, 2500 seals; 1872: 25 whales, 160 tons oil, 3200 seals; 1873: 27 whales, 185 tons oil, 9 tons bone, 628 seals, 6 tons oil; 1874: 32 whales, 175 tons oil, 9 tons bone, 2300 seals, 50 tons seal oil; 1875: 4 whales, 40 tons oil, 1 ton bone, no seals; 1876: 5 whales, 65 tons whale oil, 3 tons whalebone, 4592 seals, 42 tons seal oil; 1877: 9 whales, 100 tons whale oil, 3.5 tons bone; 1878: 200 seals |
Register closed and certificate cancelled on 2 Nov 1878, the vessel having been aband1d and sunk in Davis Strait in 10 October 1878. |
| Chieftain |
1868 |
Jack, Lossiemouth |
1883-1884: Captain Thomas Ferrier Gellatly; 1885: Captain Malcolm; 1886- 1888: Captain Watson; 1889-91: Captain Kilgour |
circa 1882 to 1893 |
1885: 7 tons oil, 3 bottlenose whales, 36 walrus; 1886: 1 whale, 40 tons oil, 20 seals, 13 white whales, 70 walrus; 1887: 40 tons oil, 1 ton bone; 1888: clean; 1889: 3 tons oil, 2 cwt bone; 1890: 2 whales, 30 tons oil, 25 cwt bone; 1892: 300 seals |
Register closed and certificate cancelled 12 August 1892, vessel damaged by ice and foundered at Greenland, 14 July 1892. |
| Columbia |
1835 |
Blackwall, London |
1867-68: John Reid |
1867 to 1868 |
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Lost in ice 1868, Davis Strait. |
