Whaling Vessels

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Ship Year Of Build Place Of Build List Of Masters In Dundee Fleet Catches Lost/Sold
Intrepid 1851 Francis Robertson, Peterhead 1866: Captain Alexander Deuchars; 1867-68: Captain Soutar; 1869: Captain Allan; 1872, 1874, 1875-76: Captain Soutar; 1877-1880: Captain Nicoll; 1881-1883: Captain Robert Davidson; 1884: Captain Soutar or Captain Robert Davidson; 1885: Captain Robert Davidson Presumably from 1866, when the Tay Whale Fishing Company owned her, until her loss in 1885 1866: 2 whales, 24 tons oil; 1867: clean of whales, 5316 seals, 65 tons oil; 1868: 15 whales, 115 tons oil; 1869: 1 whale, 12 tons whale oil; 1134 seals, 13 tons seal oil; 1870: 9 whales, 135 tons oil, 6.5 tons bone; 1871: 24 whales, 160 tons oil, 9 tons bone; 1872: 16 whales, 176 tons oil, 3000 seals, 38 tons seal oil, full ship; 1873: 23 whales, 165 tons whale oil, 8.5 tons whalebone, clean of seals; 1874: 24 whales, 185 tons whale oil, 10 tons bone, 2208 seals, 25 tons seal oil; 1875: 4 whales, 35 tons oil, 2 tons bone, 9694 seals, 105 tons seal oil; 1876: 3 whales, 36 tons whale oil, 1.5 tons whalebone, 2050 seals, 24 tons seal oil; 1877: 2 whales, 15 ton whale oil; 2 cwt whalebone, clean of seals; 1878: clean of whales, 3600 seals, 48 tons oil; 1879: 8 whales, 55 tons whale oil, 2.5 tons whalebone, 978 seals, 13 tons seal oil; 1880: 6 whales, 34 tons whale oil, 1 ton whalebone, 2700 seals, 34 tons seal oil; 1881: 1700 seals, 60 tons oil and 17 bottlenoses; 1882: 23 bottlenosed whales, 25 tons oil, 1870 seals, 51 tons seal oil; 1883: 6105 Greenland seals, 145 tons oil Register closed and certificate cancelled 27 Aug 1885, vessel foundered off Greenland on 21 July 1885.
Jan Mayen 1873 Bremerhafen 1875-1882: Deuchars; 1882: Salmond; 1883: Guy; 1884-85: Deuchars 1875 to 1886 1875: 7 whales, 75 tons oil, 3 tons bone, 10 seals; 1876: 6 whales, 70 tons whale oil, 3 ton whalebone, 5587 seals, 65 tons seal oil; 1877: 5 whales, 65 tons whale oil; 3 tons whalebone, 5300 seals, 75 tons seal oil; 1878: 2 whales, 42 tons oil, 2 tons bone, 7800 seals, 78 tons oil; 1879: 5 whales, 75 tons whale oil, 4 tons whalebone, 2100 seals, 27 tons seal oil; 1880: 14 whales, 108 tons whale oil, 5 tons whalebone, 3700 seals, 50 tons seal oil; 1881: 2 whales, 22 tons whale oil, 1 ton whalebone, 1800 seals, 18 tons seal oil; 1882: 3300 seals, 85 tons oil; 1883: 5400 Greenland seals, 115 tons oil; 1884: 8 whales, 87 tons whale oil, 4 tons whalebone, 3800 seals, 65 tons seal oil; 1885: 1 whale, 18 tons oil, 0.5 ton whalebone, 90 seals, 1 ton seal oil Lost 1886 after being crushed by ice.
Jan Mayen 1859 Francis Robertson, Peterhead 1878-81: William Salmond 1878: 4600 seals, 100 tons oil; 1880: 4400 seals, 100 tons seal oil; 1881: 2400 seals, 50 tons seal oil and 5 bottlenose whales Register closed 27 May 1882, vessel lost, having been abandoned in a sinking state off the coast of Greenland.
Jane 1783 1805-1809: William Christopher From at least 1805 to 1809 1805: 7 whales, 100 casks oil; 1806: 10 whales, 140 casks oil; 1807: 10 whales Lost in 1809.
Jumna 1833 Thomas and John Brocklebank, Bransty, Whitehaven, England 1833: Captain Joseph Pinder; 1840: Captain McGuill; 1855: Captain J Sharp; 1857-58: Deuchars; 1859: Hay; 1861: Alexander Deuchars; 1863: Deuchars 1856 to 1863 1857: 4 whales, 58 tons oil, 3.5 tons bone; 1858: 3 whales, 45 tons oil; 1859: 2 whales, 25 tons oil, no seals; 1860: 3 whales, 40 tons oil; 1861: 19 whales Register closed, vessel lost in Melville Bay, Davis Strait 6 July 1863.
Kate 1902: 39 walrus, 1750 seals, 13 bears, 10 tons oil
Loch Garry 1880 Gourlay Brothers & Co (Dundee) Ltd
Lorna Doone 1876 Tay Shipbuilding Co
Mary Ann 1784 1803, 1805-1812, 1814-19: William Deuchars 1803 1804: full ship, all casks filled and 2 whales stowed on deck, pumps choked with oil; 1805: 8 Whales, 110 casks oil; 1806: 9 whales, 120 casks oil; 1807: 9 whales, 330 butts oil; 1808: 9 whales, 140 buts oil, full ship; 1810: 14 whales, full ship; 1811: 8 whales; 1812: 13 whales, 170 butts oil; 1813: 7 whales; 1817: 12 fish, a full ship; catch estimated to produce between 180 and 190 tuns of oil; 1817: 12 whales, 185 tuns; 1818: 2 whales Crushed in ice 6 July 1819.
Mastiff 1866 Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee Lost in ice off Newfoundland 15th March 1898; crew of 155 saved and picked up by Neptune, Walrus and Newfoundland.