Abigail (Ship)

Dates:
Active 1843
Active 1847

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by David Barnard on voyage from 27 Nov. 1843-26 July 1847; owner-agent: C.W. Morgan; built at Amesbury, Mass, 1810.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Abigil, 1843 Nov. 27-1847 July 26. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71254678

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by David Barnard on voyage from 27 Nov. 1843-26 July 1847; owner-agent: C.W. Morgan; built at Amesbury, Mass, 1810; in 1865, she was captured and sunk by the Confederate pirate Shenandoah.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Abigil, 1843 Nov. 27-1847 July 26. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 648759444

Whaling vessel (310 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James V. Cox, on voyage from 2 Apr. 1839-6 Apr. 1843 to the Callao, Japan, Off Shore, Coast of Mexico, Coast of California, and South American Coast whaling grounds; owner-agent: C.W. Morgan; built at Amesbury, Mass., in 1810; destroyed 1865.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1839 July 28-1843 Apr. 6. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 680823297

Whaling vessel (310 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James V. Cox, on voyage from 2 Apr. 1839-6 Apr. 1843; owner-agent: C.W. Morgan; built at Amesbury, Mass., in 1810; destroyed 1865.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1839 Apr. 2-July 7. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 680796553

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Francis D. Drew, on voyage from 24 Aug. 1852-28 Apr. 1856; owner-agent: William G.E. Pope; built at Amesbury, Mass., in 1810.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Abigail, 1852 Aug. 23-1856 Apr. 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 472670464

From the description of Logbook, 1853 Apr. 16-1854 Aug. 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976316

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Subjects:

  • Mutiny
  • Punishment
  • Seafaring life
  • Voyages and travels
  • Water leakage
  • Whale bone
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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Places:

  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Bering Sea (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Oahu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Hilo (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Bering Sea (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Pico Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Hilo (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Okhotsk, Sea of (as recorded)
  • Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • São Tiago Island (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Alejandro Selkirk Island (Juan Fernández Islands) (as recorded)
  • Guam (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Maui (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Okhotsk, Sea of (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)