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RuthieB
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Hi again!
I did a search on google for Pannet Park and got the Literary and Philosophical Society in the Whitby Museum (at Pannet Park). They are well worth a visit if you're in the area too.
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Shipwright23
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ADAMANT
1778 First whaling voyage.
ADDISON
1775 First whaling voyage.
AIMWELL
Ship of 263 tons. Built by Fishbourne and Broderick. Owner FRANCIS AGAR. 4/9/1804 - 2/2/1807.
1802 First whaling voyage.
1804 Master: Agar
1809 JOHN JOHNSTON, Master. 36 men and boys, 6 carriage guns 4 pounders, 2 carronnades 18
pounders, swivels with muskets, blunderbusses, lances and cutting knives. Returned with
13 whales, 17 seals = 153 tons oil. Whitby Customs Office 2/2/1809.
1810 Surgeon and 3 men lost when a whale stoves in a boat. Master: Johnston.
1824 Lost 13th March. Struck on larboard bow by large piece of ice, filled rapidly and then
floundered. Greenland. CAPTAIN JOHNSTON lost. Shipping News
1803-1816 Total fish 183.
ANN
1754 First whaling voyage
1762 Sold.
ANN & ELIZABETH
1786 First whaling voyage.
BAFFIN
1821 Captain SCORESBY (JNR)
BRITISH KING
1775 First whaling voyage.
CAMDEN
399 tons.
1832
1833 First whaling voyage.
1837 Sold to Scarborough.
CHANCE
1780 First whaling voyage.
1788 Captain BUTLER - lost.
DELIGHT
1774 First whaling voyage
DOLPHIN
1754 Whaling voyage. Captain WILLIAM WATSON.
1756 Last voyage.
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Vasey -Hutton Buscel,Whitby
Peart, Whitby Yorks
Leadley,Whitby Yorks
Lound -Rotherham S Yorks, little bytham Lincs
Crouch Rotherham S Yorks, Ramsey Huntingdonshire
Anderson Whitby Yorks
Lofthouse Great Horton Bradford. Grosmont N.yorks
Ripley Whitby, Fylingdales,Grosmont,Aisalby Yorks
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Shipwright23
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EARL FAUCONBERG
331 tons. Built 1765 Whitby. 3 masts and a square stern 100ft x 28ft. Owners ATTY.
1784 First whaling voyage.
1791 Davis Straits FRANCIS AGAR Captain, 6 fish.
1799 Armed and carrying letter of marque.
1799 - 1800 Francis Agar Captain.
1801 Sold to Grimsby
1820 Lost
ESK
1775 First whaling voyage.
ESK
354 tons Built by Fishburn & Broderick in 1813. 106ft 6ins by 27ft 11in.
1813 Captain SCORESBY (JNR) Caught 15 fish.
1814 23 fish.
1815 9 fish.
1816 13 fish.
1821 Captain DUNBAR. 12 fish.
1826 Lost, returning at Redcar. 7th September John Foster Lindsley in crew.
EXPERIMENT
237 tons. Owners: Yeoman
1800 First whaling voyage. Captain FRANCIS AGAR.
1801 Captain Baxter. Sold to Hull.
1803-1810 Caught 47 fish.
1809 THOMAS BARTON, Master, 30 men and boys. 6 Carriage guns 4 pounders, 2 swivels with
muskets, blunderbusses, lances and cutting knives. Caught 1 whale, 7 seals = 16 tons of oil.
Whitby Customs Office 2/2/1809
FAME
377 tons. Owner Scoresby Snr 1817. A teak built ship originally bought into England as a prize from the French.
1818 Captain SCORESBY JNR.
1818 First whaling voyage. Sailed from Liverpool 2/4/1818 returned Whitby 18/8/1818.
1819 10 whales.
1820 10 whales.
1821 9 whales
1822 6 whales.
1823 Destroyed by fire at Stromness. Captain Scoresby, retires after 37 years in arctic.
FREELOVE
341 tons. Built Yarmouth 1746. Owner J. Walker. Length 10ft 6ins , breadth 27ft.
1775 First whaling voyage.
1779 It sailed under an admiral as a squadron.
FRIENDSHIP
1779 Friendship’s last voyage. It sailed under an admiral as a squadron.
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Vasey -Hutton Buscel,Whitby
Peart, Whitby Yorks
Leadley,Whitby Yorks
Lound -Rotherham S Yorks, little bytham Lincs
Crouch Rotherham S Yorks, Ramsey Huntingdonshire
Anderson Whitby Yorks
Lofthouse Great Horton Bradford. Grosmont N.yorks
Ripley Whitby, Fylingdales,Grosmont,Aisalby Yorks
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Shipwright23
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HARMONY
1819 First Whaling voyage.
1821 CAPTAIN STEVENS. 8 fish.
HARPOONER
341 tons, built Whitby 1769. 104ft by 27ft.
1786 First whaling voyage.
1814 Transport.
HENRIETTA
251 tons. Built Whitby 1764. Length 89ft 9ins, breadth 25ft 8ins, depth 10ft 10ins. Owner Will Frankland. Owner in 1791 was Piper & Co. Nicholas Piper Esq.
1776 First whaling voyage.
1779 It sailed under an admiral as a squadron.
1785 Scoresby Snr an ordinary seaman in the crew. Captain was CRISPIN BEAN.
1790 Master Bean retired and command was passed onto Scoresby Snr who up until then had
been ‘specksioneer’.
1791 No fish Captain was SCORESBY SNR. Mutiny and problems with the jealous crew that he had inherited.
1792 Scoresby changed the crew and selected his own. 18 whales caught.
1797 Scoresby Snr still captain, total fish caught 80.
1804 Henrietta returning, stopped by H.M.S.Princess of Wales, cutter 22nd July, and had 13
seamen pressed.
1808 On returning had 4 men impressed by H.M.S. Spitfire to man some of her Prizes.
1809 JOHN KEARSLEY, Master, (trained under Scoresby Snr), 36 men and boys, 6 carriage guns 4
pounders, 2 cowhorns? with muskets, blunderbusses, lances and cutting knives. Returned
with 14 whales, no seals = 151 tons oil. Whitby Customs Office 2/2/1809.
1820 Captain Scoresby (Sen). Henrietta sold to Aberdeen.
HENRY & JOHN
Owner J.N.O. Yeoman.
1758 First whaling voyage., Captain CHAS TODD.
HENRY & MARY
1753 First whaling voyage.
1857 Lost October 1857.
HERCULES
1775 First whaling voyage.
1779 Sailed under an admiral as a squadron.
HOPE
1772 First whaling voyage
1790 Lost
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Leadley,Whitby Yorks
Lound -Rotherham S Yorks, little bytham Lincs
Crouch Rotherham S Yorks, Ramsey Huntingdonshire
Anderson Whitby Yorks
Lofthouse Great Horton Bradford. Grosmont N.yorks
Ripley Whitby, Fylingdales,Grosmont,Aisalby Yorks
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Shipwright23
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ISOBELLA
Snow. 174 tons, built in Sunderland 1845. Jones & Co of Whitby owners. No. 23302.
1850 CAPTAIN AGAR, voyage to Barletta. Captain Agar was 27ys of age.
1851 16th Sept, Captain Thomas Agar - Master. Shipping News
JAMES
419 tons. Owner Mr. Campion. CAPTAIN PICKUP (a Hull man)
1811 First whaling voyage. 15 fish.
1821 CAPTAIN QUICKFALL. 20 fish.
1825 Last whaling voyage.
JAMES & MARY
285 tons. Built Yarmouth 1726. Owner J.N.O. Yeoman.
1761 First whaling voyage.
JENNY
1767 First whaling voyage. CAPTAIN BANKS.
1779 It sailed under an admiral as a squadron.
Brought home 65 whales in 10 yrs.
JENNY’S ADVENTURE
Owner William Swales
1785 First whaling voyage.
1786 Lost.
JOHN & ANN
1757 First whaling voyage.
1758 Last voyage.
LEVIATHAN
Owner J.N.D. Yeoman. CAPTAIN CHRIS YEOMAN.
1757 First whaling voyage.
1758 Lost 18/5/1758. CAPTAIN OSTLE.
LIVELY
251 tons. Built Whitby 1765, 87ft by 26ft. Owners Moorsom & Co.
1785 First whaling voyage. Joined the fleet under an admiral as a squadron.
1791 Davis Straits CAPTAIN WEBSTER, 5 fish.
1803-1816 Total fish 149.
1805 Stopped by H.M. Brig, Mosquito, CAPTAIN JACKSON and part of crew impressed. Five of
these were released at Whitby because they were Boat Steerers who were protected from
impressment.
1809 JOHN SMITH, Master, 36 men and boys. 6 Carriage guns 4 pounders, 2 carronades 18
pounders, 4 swivels with muskets, blunderbusses, lances and cutting knives. Returned with
17 whales, 14 seals = 124 tons oil. Whitby Customs Office records 2/2/1809.
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Crouch Rotherham S Yorks, Ramsey Huntingdonshire
Anderson Whitby Yorks
Lofthouse Great Horton Bradford. Grosmont N.yorks
Ripley Whitby, Fylingdales,Grosmont,Aisalby Yorks
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1810 brought home 200 seals.
1811 Master: WILSON.
1821 CAPTAIN BAKER. 7 fish.
1826 Lost with all hands in the ice in May 1826
LOYAL CLUB
1774 First whaling voyage
MARLBOROUGH
233 tons built Whitby 1761. 92ft 2ins by 24ft 6 ins. Owner HW Yeoman
1777 First whaling voyage.
1791 Lost.
MARTHA
1787 First whaling voyage.
MARS
343 tons. Built by Fishbourne and Broderick. 107.7 x 29.6
1815 A new ship. Captain SCORESBY (SEN)
1816 First whaling voyage. 20 whales.
1816 - 1821 whaling. Bark in 1825. Crew member John Barnett in 1817, Captain William
Scoresby.
1817 Captain Scoresby (Jnr) 6 whales.
1821 Last whaling voyage.
1828 Lost.
NANCY
1776 First whaling voyage.
1779 It sailed under an admiral as a squadron.
NAUTILOUS
1785 First whaling voyage.
1791 Davis Straits .CAPTAIN ROLAND. 7 fish caught.
1795 February, burnt in Whitby Harbour.
OAK
Brigantine. 158 tons Owners: ATTY, MASTER STEPHENS.
1803 First whaling voyage.
1803-1806 12 whales caught.
PEGGY
1769 First whaling voyage
1771 Lost
PERSEVERANCE
1779 It sailed under an admiral as a squadron.
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Anderson Whitby Yorks
Lofthouse Great Horton Bradford. Grosmont N.yorks
Ripley Whitby, Fylingdales,Grosmont,Aisalby Yorks
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PHOENIX
324 tons . Owners W.T & E. Chapman.
1816 First whaling voyage. Master: A. DAWSON, 2 fish caught
1831 The only whaling ship from Whitby in 1831. CAPTAIN MILLS.
1832 Largest ever cargo. 234 tons of oil. Had to offload into lighters in Sandsend Bay. It was the only ship into Whitby in 1832.
1837 Broke ropes leaving Whitby Harbour and came ashore under the East Cliff.
1837 Sold to Scarborough and registered 1837 for timber trade.
PORPOISE
Owner. J.N.O. Yeoman. CAPTAIN R. WOODHOUSE.
1769 First whaling voyage.
1772 Lost.
PROVIDENCE
Of Robin Hoods Bay. 230 tons built at Selby 1756. Owner William Skinner. 29/3/1748 - 18/7/1748 From Sunderland. 25/2/1749 - 19/7/1749 From Boston to Whitby. Shipping News
1774 First whaling voyage.
1776 Whaling voyage.
PROSPECT
1791 Davis Straits CAPTAIN BANKS. 7 fish
1788 CAPTAIN THOMAS BANKS.
RACHEL
1776 First Whaling voyage.
RESOLUTION
379 tons. Built 1766 Whitby.
1785 Joined the fleet under an admiral as a squadron.
RESOLUTION
1803 291 tons built Whitby 1802/3 by Fishburn & Broderick. Length 100ft 3ins . Beam 26ft 2ins.
Cost of fitting out the Resolution was £7,791.7-5d
1803 21/2/1803 ship launched. 21/3/1803 proceeded to sea March - June, Greenland. 8 whales.
1803 CAPTAIN SCORESBY. Scoresby Jnr was in crew as apprentice. 13 whales caught.
1806 Chief Mate was SCORESBY JNR. Resolution reached the highest latitude within the arctic.
24 whales caught, 1 narwal, 2 seals, 2 walruses, 2 bears, full cargo.........
1808 Captain Scoresby as Commodore for Whitby ships sailing as a fleet for protection from
Privateers. Mounting 16 guns, 8 x 18 pounders and letters of Marque. 27 whales caught.
1809 William Scoresby, Master. 36 men and boys. 9 Carriage guns, 18 pounders, 4 carriage
guns 4 pounders, 3 dozen muskets and blunderbusses with lances and cutting knives. She
returned with 26 whales, 21 seals = 216 tons oil. Whitby Customs Office 2/2/1809.
1810 Scoresby Jnr. Captain. Caught 28 whales. Scoresby Jnr was given command on his 21st
birthday as his father resigned his command.
1811 Captain Scoresby (jnr)
JOHN of Greenock Captain Scoresby (Sen).
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Anderson Whitby Yorks
Lofthouse Great Horton Bradford. Grosmont N.yorks
Ripley Whitby, Fylingdales,Grosmont,Aisalby Yorks
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Keith Sherwood
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Geoff,
This is unbelievable! I've just popped out to buy a newspaper, and have come back to discover this amazing outpouring of incredible information about the Whitby whalers. Just had time to notice the Sherwoods at the end, but I just thought I'd thank you first, so you know I'm thoroughly appreciative of your efforts here.
And will now print off all this lovely info. and spend a very happy Sunday afternoon poring over the specific details.
Thank you so much for all this, and will get back to you later, probably with more questions! (have noted the other links you gave, and also thanks for your continuing input, Ruthie B - if you hadn't made that suggestion about North instead of East Riding, all this might never have happened!)
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Keith Sherwood
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Geoff,
Just thought I'd make a couple of comments, and the first is I had no idea the crew of a whaler would have been so large - the crew list of the "Camden" 1836 has over 50 souls, so the ship itself was much larger than I had imagined.
The second comment is that I had read somewhere that the "ship's surgeons" were usually medical students recruited from Scottish medical schools. The example here, Thomas Johnson, is only 19 years old. What an apprenticeship that must have been when accidents happened out in the North Sea/Arctic Ocean...
Keith
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Keith Sherwood
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Thanks again, Geoff,
Will definitely try and get my hands on one or two of those books you suggest...
Very best wishes,
Keith
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RuthieB
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Wow, what a response! Do try Pannet Park as well though!
Cheers, RuthieB
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