Mercury (Ship)

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1851
Active 1852

Biographical notes:

Extra ship, repaired by Young, measured 1794, length 85ft, keel 66ft 11in, breadth 23ft 10½in, hold 11ft 9in, wing transom 15ft 3in, between decks 5ft 1in, 202 tons. Voyages: (1) 1793/4 Bengal. Capt John Cristall. Plymouth 24 Jun 1794 - 27 Sep Cape - 23 Jan 1795 Calcutta - 17 Mar Saugor - 18 Jun St Helena - 13 Sep River Shannon - 15 Oct Downs. (2) From Bengal 1806. Left Bengal 24 Nov 1806 - 4 Feb 1807 St Helena - 11 Apr Downs.

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x000213

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Leander West, on voyage 1 June 1848-1 Sept. 1852 to Off Shore grounds, Callao grounds, and coast of Chile grounds; owner-agent: I. Howland, Jr. & Co.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1822.

From the description of Logbook, 1851 May 29-1852 Sept 2. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70966229

Whaling vessel; out of Stonington, Conn., mastered by Gurdon Pendleton, on voyage from 21 July 1848-8 Nov. 1849; owner-agent: F. Pendleton & Co.; burned at Honolulu, 1849 Nov. 8 (ending this voyage).

From the description of Logbook of the ship Mercury, 1848 July 21-1849 Nov. 8. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74985398

Links to collections

Comparison

This is only a preview comparison of Constellations. It will only exist until this window is closed.

  • Added or updated
  • Deleted or outdated

Information

Permalink:
SNAC ID:

Subjects:

  • Ships
  • Seafaring life
  • Shipwrecks
  • Voyages and travels
  • Weather
  • Whale bone
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

Occupations:

not available for this record

Places:

  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Tumbes (Peru) (as recorded)
  • Hawaii--Honolulu (as recorded)
  • North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Paita (Peru) (as recorded)
  • Connecticut--Stonington (as recorded)
  • Talcahuano (Chile) (as recorded)