| Polar Star |
1857 |
Stephen & Forbes, Peterhead |
1882-89: Captain Thomas Robertson; 1892-96: James Davidson; 1897: Captain Murray; 1898: Captain Davidson; 1899: Captain Robert Davidson |
From 1881 |
1882: 67 bottle nose whales, 76 tons oil; 1883: 61 bottlenose whales, 63 tons oil; 1884, 3500 seals, 110 tons oil, 10 bottlenose whales; 1885: 6 whales, 60 tons oil, 2 tons bone, 4 bottlenosed whales, 36 walrus; 1886: 1 whale, 25 tons oil, 610 seals; 1887: 1 whale, 105 tons oil; 1888: 3230 seals, 78 tons oil; 1889: 103 tons oil, 14 cwt bone; 1890, 4 bottlenose whales, 196 seals, 6 tons oil; 1891: 3 whales, 70 tons oil, 426 seals; 1892: 440 seals, 6.5 tons oil; 1893, Antarctic, 2000 seals; 1894: 1 whale, 31.5 tons oil, half ton bone; 1895: 2 whales, 35 tons oil; 1.5 tons bone; 1896: 1 whale, 20 tons oil, 12 cwt bone; 1897: 351 seals; 1898: 50 seals, 75 walrus, 24 musk ox, 17 bears; 1899: 130 walrus |
Lost in ice 1899, Cumberland Gulf. |
| Polynia |
1861 |
Dundee |
1861: Captain Penny; 1864: Captain Gravill; 1865-67: Captain Nicoll; 1870-71: William Walker; 1874-80: Captain David Kilgour; 1881-82: Captain Yule; 1883-85: John B Walker; 1886: Burnett; 1888-90: Guy |
1861 to 1891 |
1861: 13 whales, 90 tons oil; 1864: 11232 seals, 123 tons seal oil; 1865: 8 whales, 70 tons oil, 15000 seals, 190 tons seal oil; 1866: clean - lost 4 whales; 1867: clean of whales, 10,000 seals, 80 tons oil; 1868: 9 whales, 80 tons oil; 1870: 11,000 seals, 100 tons seal oil, sailed to Archangel for flax; 1871: 9 whales, 105 tons oil, 6.5 tons bone, 5640 seals; 1871, 1 whale, 15 tons oil, 15 seals; 1872: 1 whale, 15 tons oil, 15 seals; 1873: 15 whales, 125 tons whale oil, 8 tons bone, 25 seals; 1874: 18 whales, 155 tons oil, 8 tons bone, 2254 seals, 25 tons seal oil; 1875: 9 whales, 70 tons oil, 3 tons bone, 5557 seals, 45 tons oil; 1876: 7 whales, 80 tons whale oil, 4 tons whalebone, 6708 seals, 108 tons seal oil; 1877: 9 whales, 103 tons whale oil, 3.5 tons whalebone, 4000 seals, 45 tons seal oil; 1878: 1 whale, 13 tons oil, 1 ton bone; 1879: 5 whales, forty tons whale oil, 2 tons whalebone, 2000 seals, 24 ton seal oil; 1880: 4 whales, 50 tons whaleoil, 2.5 tons whalebone, 3500 seals, 35 tons seal oil; 1881: 8 whales, 110 tons whale oil, 5.75 tons whalebone, 1075 seals, 10 tons seal oil; 1882: 11 whales, 110 tons oil, 5 tons whalebone; 1883: 4 whales, 100 tons whale oil, 2 tons whalebone, 2406 Greenland seals, 700 porpoise; 1884: 6 whales, 65 tons whale oil, 3 tons whalebone, 1000 seals; 1885: 6 whales, 60 tons seal oil, 2 tons bone, 1 ton seal oil; 1886: 3 whales, 50 tons whale oil; 2.25 tons whalebone, 12080 seals; 1887: 45 tons oil, 2 tons bone, 7500 seals; 1888: 7135 seals, 71 tons oil; 1889: 19350 seals, 195 tons oil;1890: 5 whales, 317 white whales, 7400 seals, 127 tons oil, 65 cwt bone; 1891: 16,300 seals |
Register closed and certificate cancelled 16 October 1891, vessel crushed in the ice in Lancaster Sound on 11 July 1891. Crew of 37 saved by Maud and Aurora. |
| Princess Charlotte |
1814 |
South Shields, County of Durham |
1820-37: William Adamson; 1838-44: George Deuchars; 1845-56 Alexander Deuchars |
From at least 1820 to 1856 |
1820: 7 whales, 100 tons oil (and 50 tons from wrecked Hull whaler Brothers); 1821: 27 whales, 210 tons oil; 1822: 8 whales; 1823: 26 whales; 230 tons oil; 1824: 7 whales, 90 tons oil; 1825: 10 whales, 112 tuns oil; 1826: 8 whales, 135 tons oil; 1827: 21 whales, full; 1828: 33 whales, full; 1828: 32 fish; 1829: 8 fish; 1830: clean; 1831: 2 whales; 1832: 26 whales, 200 tuns oil, 12 tons bone; 1833: 31 whales, 280 tons oil; 1834: 31 whales, 200 tons oil; 1837: 1 whale, 24 casks oil; 1838: 23 whales, 270 tuns oil; 1839: 3 whales, 57 casks; 1840: clean; 1841: 4 whales; 1842: 11 whales, 107 tuns oil; 1843: 6 whales, 60 tuns oil; 1844: 1 whale, 16 tuns oil; 1845: 30 whales; 1846: 5 whales, 60 tuns oil; 1847: 5 whales, 60 tuns oil; 1848: 4 whales, 48 tons oil; 1850: 5 whales, 68 tons oil; 1851: 8 whales, 170 casks oil; 1852: 8 whales, 100 casks oil, 2.5 tons bone; 1853: 'well fished'; 1854: 7 whales; 1855: clean; 1856: 5 whales but lost in ice |
Lost in Melville Bay 14 June 1856. Crew transferred to Advice, Chiftain of Kirkcaldy, Truelove of Hull and St Andrew of Aberdeen. |
| Problem |
1899 |
Yarmouth |
1913: Captain Ogs10 |
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Abandoned in the Atlantic, 13 September 1901. |
| Proteus |
1873 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
Captain Pike when built |
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Crushed in ice and sunk in Northern waters in September 1883 en-route for the far north in an attempt to relieve the US explorer Greely. The crew reached Upernivik, Greenland with great difficulty after a 700 mile trek over land and pack ice from Cape Sabine. |
| Queen Bess |
1886 |
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1904: 4 white whales, 2 walrus, 350 seals, 12 bears, 1 ton oil; 1905: 15 seals, 25 bears, 268 foxes; 1906: 8 walrus, 450 seals, 17 bears, 531 foxes; 1908: 7 white whales, 82 walrus, 260 seals, 6 bears, 14.5 tons oil |
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| Ranger |
1871 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
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In 1923 landed 13392 seals |
Abandoned in ice north of Newfoundland 10 April 1942. Damaged in heavy weather about 4 miles off the coast. Another sealer answered the SOS and came alongside to disembark the crew. After her loss the sealing fleet was reduced to 3. |
| Ravenscraig |
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1866-73: Captain Allan; 1875-76: West 1878-79-76: Captain Bannerman; 1878-79: Captain David West; 1879: Captain Adams |
From 1866 to 1879 |
1866: 5 whales, 50 tons oil, 6600 seals; 1868: 4 whales, 55 tons oil, 3 tons bone; 1869: 3600 seals; 1870: 8 whales, 125 tons whale oil, 6 tons bone; 9570 seals, 110 tons seal oil; 1871: 7 whales, 80 tons whale oil, 5 tons bone, 3357 seals; 1872: 10 whales, 80 tons whale oil, 4000 seals; 1873: 1 whale, 1 ton oil, 3 cwt bone, no seals; 1874: 16 whales, 130 tons oil, 6 tons bone, 7800 seals, 75 tons oil; 1875: 3 whales, 35 tons whale oil, 1.5 tons whalebone, 3244 seals, 40 tons seal oil; 1876: clean; 1877: 6 whales, 53 tons whale oil, 2 tons whalebone, 4000 seals, 40 tons seal oil; 1878: clean of whales, 4500 seals, 45 tons oil; 1879: 3 whales, 13 tons whale oil, half ton whalebone, 1700 seals, 19 tons seal oil |
Lost in ice 17 June 1879, Davis Strait. |
| Resolute |
1880 |
Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee |
1880: Charles Yule; 1881-82: David Kilgour; 1883: Captain W Deuchars; 1884-85: Arthur Jackman; 1886: Charles Yule or Arthur Jackman |
1880 to 1886 |
1880: 6 whales, 60 tons whale oil, 2.5 tons whalebone; 497 seals, 6 tons seal oil; 1881: 3 whales, 40 tons whale oil, 2 tons whalebone, 40979 seals, 1388 tons oil, with Esquimaux and Narwhal; 1882: 5 whales, 45 tons oil, 2 tons bone, 6342 seals, 63 tons seal oil; 1883: 20124 Newfoundland seals, 237 tons seal oil, 1497 Greenland seals, 28 tons oil; 1884: 435 seals; 1885: 4 whales and 200 white whales, 48 tons whaleoil, 1.5 tons whalebone, 38,800 seals, 4009 tons seal oil |
Wrecked off Labrador, 27 March 1886. |
