| Maud |
1865 |
Thomas Turnbull and Sons, Whitby |
1884: Bannerman; 1885: Denholm and Watson; 1886- 1890: William Adams, 1892: Milne |
1883 to 1892 |
1884: 56 bottlenosed whales, 70 tons oil; 1885: 1400 seals, 45 tons seal oil, 4 bottlenose whales, 36 walrus; 1886: 100 seals, 35 tons oil, 6 white whales, 220 walrus, 23 bears, 27 narwhal; 1887: 60 tons oil, 1 and a half tons bone; 1888: 3 whales, 175 seals, 115 tons oil, 300 white whales; 1889: 3 whales, 60 tons oil, 50 cwt bone; 1890: 7 whales, 100 tons oil, 110 cwt bone; 1891: 25 tons oil, 1 ton bone |
Cast ashore 10 October 1892 in Coutts Inlet. |
| Mazinthien |
1850 |
Miramichi, New Brunswick |
1878: William Loftley; 1879-82: Soutar |
Sailed with Dundee fleet in 1874 |
1878: clean; 1879: 5800 seals, 95 tons seal oil; 1880: 10 whales, 50 tons whale oil, 2 tons bone, no seals; 1881: 3 whales, 26 tons whale oil, 1.25 tons whalebone, 1100 seals, 12 tons seal oil; 1882: 11 whales, 95 tons whale oil, 4 tons whalebone |
Vessel wrecked at Peterhead, 17 March 1883, register closed 17 April 1883. |
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| Morning |
1871 |
Tonsberg, Norway |
While in Norwegian ownership, Morning (then Morgenen) was Captained by Captain Sammuelsen; 1905-11: Captain Adams; 1914-15: Captain Fairweather; 1915: Captain Smith |
1905 to 1914 |
1905: Davis Strait, 3 whales, 9 white whales, 42 walrus, 12 seals, 24 bears, 46 tons oil and 2.25 tons whalebone; 1906: Davis Strait, 1 whale, 2 white whales, 35 walrus, 26 bears, 16 tons oil, 0.75 tons whalebone; 1907: Davis Strait, 3 white whales, 7 walrus, 45 seals, 28 bears, 1 ton of oil; 1908: Davis Strait, 2 whales, 218 white whales, 68 walrus, 45 seals, 37 bears, 71 tons oil and 1.75 tons whalebone; 1909: Davis Strait, 2 whales, 1 white whale, 13 walrus, 47 seals, 60 bears, 25 tons oil and 1.75 tons whalebone; Greenland, 30 tons oil, 1.5 tons whalebone; 1910: 7 whales, 3 walrus, 12 seals, 37 bears, 90 tons oil and 1.25 tons whalebone; 1911: Davis Strait, 5 white whales, 4 walrus, 14 seals, 9 bears, 2 tons oil; 1913: clean |
Foundered off Orkney en route to Russia with munitions. |
| Narwhal |
1859 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1859-61, 1863: George Deuchars; 1864: Wells; 1865: Sturrock; 1866: James Sturrock; 1867: Alexander Deuchars; 1868: George Deuchars; 1870-82: John McLennan; 1883-84: Jeffrey Phillips |
1859 to 1884 |
1859: 13 whales, 150 tons oil, 3000 seals, 45 tons seal oil - 8 tons bone; 1860: 7 whales, 90 tons oil; 1861: 30 whales, 220 tons oil, 3.3 tons bone; 1864: 2 whales, 30 tons oil, 4760 seals, 40 tons oil; 1865: 8 whales, 82 tons oil; 1866: 4 whales; 1867: clean of whales, 320 seals; 1868: 6 whales, 47 tons oil, 2.5 tons bone; 1870: 14000 seals, 140 tons seal oil; 1871: 8 whales, 80 tons oil, 4.5 tons bone, 5700 seals; 1872: 6 whales, 80 tons whale oil; 4394 seals, 45 tons seal oil; 1873: 17 whales, 160 tons whale oil, 7 tons bone, 200 seals, 2 tons seal oil; 1874: 8 whales, 95 tons oil, 5.5 tons bone, 2640 seals, 20 tons oil; 1875: 4 whales, 40 tons oil, 1 ton bone, no seals; 1876: 6 whales, 76 tons whale oil, 4 tons whalebone, 2500 seals, 26 tons seal oil; 1877: 7 whales, 85 tons whale oil, 4.5 tons whalebone, 6100 seals, 56 tons seal oil; 1878: 1 whale, 18 tons oil, 1 ton bone, 17000 seals, 200 tons oil; 1879: 7 whales, 60 tons whale oil, 3 tons whalebone, 8500 seals, 9.5 tons seal oil; 1880: 6 whales, 55 tons whale oil, 3 tons whalebone, 13769 seals, 143 tons seal oil; 1881: 1 whale, 15 tons oil, 0.75 tons whalebone, 31557 seals; 1882: 4 whales, 40 tons whale oil, 1.5 tons whalebone, 4718 seals, 47 tons seal oil; 1883: 2 whales, 18 tons whale oil, 0.75 tons whalebone, 11291 seals [Newfoundland], 600 seals [Greenland]; 1884: 10 whales, 90 tons whale oil, 2650 seals |
Register closed 13 October 1884, the vessel being damaged by ice and was aband1d off Cape Searle, 2 Sept 1884. |
| Neptune |
1872 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
First master was Captain the Hon E. White |
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First 2 trips: 44000 seals. Between 1873 and 1922 made 98 sealing trips, catches between 1891 and 1922: 947262 seals; 1884: 41383 seals; in 1888: 41500 seals; 1891: 33000 seals; 1907: 30000 seals; 1923: 16299 seals |
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| Nimrod |
1866 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1889: Duncan Baxter |
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| Nova Zembla |
1873 |
Wencke, Bremerhafen |
1875-77: William Loffley; 1878-82: Guy; 1883-85: Kilgour; 1886-87: William Allen; 1888: Captain Cunningham; 1889-90: Jeffrey Phillips; 1892: Thomas Cunningham; 1893-1900: Guy |
From 1875 to at least 1902 |
1875: 7 whales, 75 tons oil, 3 tons bone, 65 seals; 1876: 2 whales, 35 tons whale oil, 1.5 tons whalebone; 11,300 seals, 132 tons seal oil; 1878: 5000 seals, 68 tons oil; 1879: 5 whales, 95 tons whaleoil, 4.5 tons whalebone, 2100 seals, 26 tons seal oil; 1880: 7 whales, 95 tons whale oil, 5 tons whalebone, 2000 seals, 26 tons seal oil; 1881: 2 whales, 24 tons whale oil, 1.25 tons whalebone, 700 seals, 7 tons seal oil; 1882: 8 whales, 65 tons whale oil, 3 tons whalebone, 9800 seals, 125 tons seal oil; 1883: 2 whales, 30 tons whale oil, 1.5 tons bone, 1700 Greenland seals, 20 tons oil; 1884: 8 whales, 105 tons whaleoil, 0.55 tons bone; 1885: 2 whales, 25 tons whalebone, 26 narwhal; 1886: 2 whales, 25 tons whale oil, 1 ton whalebone; 1887: 5 tons oil; 1888: 300 seals, 98 tons oil, 10 bottlenose whales, 482 white whales; 1889: 5 whales, 62 tons oil, 55 cwt bone; 1890: 50 tons oil, 20 cwt bone; 1891: clean; 1893: 4 whales, 4 cwt bone, 70 tons oil; 1894: 4 whales, 65 tons oil, 3.5 tons bone; 1895: 1 whale, 18 tons oil, 18 cwt bone; 1896: 2 whales, 40 tons oil, 29 [?] cwt bone; 1897: 4 whales, 50 tons oil, 3 tons bone; 1898: 75 tons oil, 530 white whales, 10 walrus, 4 bears; 1899: 8 whales, 160 tons oil, 6 tons bone; 1900: 2 whales, 12 walrus, 4 bears, 38.5 tons oil, 41 cwt bone; 1901: 1 black whale, 418 white whales, 43 tons oil, 3 cwt whalebone; 1902: 1 black whale, 17 cwt bone |
Aband1d 1902, Dexterity Fjord. |
| Our Queen |
1860 |
Liverpool |
1860: William Colman; 1879: Alex Fairweather |
1860 to 1879 |
1879: 14 whales, 120 ton whale oil, 6 tons whalebone, 2500 seals, 36 tons seal oil |
Vessel wrecked and totally lost 18 July 1879 in the opening of Admiralty Inlet, Lancaster Sound by being crushed between 2 fields of ice. |
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1893: 5600 seals, 125 tons oil |
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