| 3 Brothers |
1811 |
Jarrow, County Durham |
1815: Alexander Thomas; 1816-18, 1820-24: Robert Foreman; 1827-29: William Steven [or Stephen]; 1830: George Cameron |
From at least 1813 to 1830 |
1813: 7 whales; 1816, 3 whales; 1818, 3 whales; 1820: 18 whales, 195 tuns oil; 1821: 11 whales; 1822: 6 whales; 1823: 28 whales, 220 tons oil; 1824: 4 whales; 1825: 4 whales; 1827: 20 whales, 210 tuns; 1828: 5 fish; 1829: 3 fish; 1830: lost |
Docked in Melville Bay 2 July 1830, escaped later in the month but crushed on 30 July. |
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| Triune |
1869 |
Gibbon and Nichol, South Hylton, Durham |
1884-85: Souter |
1883 to 1886 |
1884: 11 whales, 93.5 tons oil, 4.5 tons bone; 1885: 1 whale, 40 white whales, 15 tons oil, 0.5 ton whalebone |
Lost in 1886, forced ashore Sukkertoppen; slight damage but squeezed off Cape Atholl 18 June. Aband1d 12 August, crew taken by Maud and Nova Zembla. |
| Vega |
1872 |
Wencke, Bremerhaven |
1903: Captain Cooney |
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Lost off Wilcox Point 31 May 1903, crew of 44 hauled boats over ice to open water and sailed 160 miles to Upernavik, register closed 8 August 1903. |
| Victor |
1847 |
Peterhead |
1864-65: A Deuchars; 1868-70: Gravill; 1872: Bruce; 1874: Edwards and Deuchars; 1875-77: Nicoll; 1878: Adams; 1879-80: Robert Davidson; 1881: Burnett |
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1864: 6 whales, 75 tons oil; 1865: 11 whales, 110 tons oil; 1866: clean of whales, 12,000 seals, 130 tons oil; 1867: 3000 seals, 30 tons oil; 1868: clean of whales, 50 seals; 1869: 1 whale, 25 tons oil; 4,600 seals, 50 tons seal oil; 1870: 11,500 seals, 145 tons seal oil; 1871: 7000 seals; 1871: 8 whales, 70 tons oil, 1402 seals, 15 tons oil; 1872: 8 whales, 70 tons oil, 1402 seals, 15 tons oil; 1873: 13 whales, 72 tons oil, 3.5 tons bone, 8500 seals, 75 tons oil; 1874: twenty 4 whales, 135 tons whale oil, 8 tons whalebone, 850 seals, 7 tons seal oil; 1875: 6 whales, 35 tons whale oil, 1.5 tons bone, clean of seals; 1876: 5 whales, 55 tons whale oil, 2.5 tons whalebone, 3240 seals, 36 tons seal oil; 1877: 6 whales, 65 tons whale oil, 3.5 tons whalebone; 1878: clean; 1879: 9100 seals, 144 tons seal oil; 1880: 6000 seals, 160 tons seal oil; 1881: lost |
Crushed by ice, 17 July 1881, 8 miles south of Elwin Inlet. Register closed and certificate of register cancelled, 10 September 1881. |
| Wildfire |
1854 |
Quebec, Canada |
1860, 1861, 1864: Captain John Walker; 1865-68: David Souter |
1860 to 1868 |
1860: 9 whales, 125 tons oil, 5.5 tons bone; 1861: 19 whales, 160 tons oil; 1864: 5 whales, 68 tons oil; 1865: 7 whales, 70 tons oil; 1866: 6 whales, 60 tons oil; 1867: clean of whales, 5522 seals, 80 tons oil |
Vessel lost in Davis Strait, 18 July 1868. |
| Windward |
1860 |
Stephen & Forbes, Peterhead |
1904-06: J Co1y; Alexander Murray |
1904 to 1907 |
1904: 1 black whale, 16 bears, 8 tons oil, 5 cwt bone; 1905: 2 black whales, 2 walrus, 38 bears, 40 foxes, 37 tons oil, 40 cwt whalebone; 1906: 1 white whale, 50 walrus, 13 seals, 13 bears, 4.5 tons oil |
Register closed 18 November 1907, vessel wrecked Carey Island, Davis Strait on 26 June 1907, all crew saved. |
| Wolf I |
1863 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
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1865: Newfoundland, 140 tons oil, Cumberland Strait, 90 tons oil, 6 tons whalebone |
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1871 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
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1873: 26000 seals in Marc |
Crushed in ice and sank 8 miles off Fogo Island, Newfoundland March 1896, surrounded by thousands of seals. Crew of 270 saved, they reached Fogo after negotiating over 8 miles of packed ice pans. |
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