Ansel Gibbs (Bark)

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Dates:
Active 1866
Active 1867

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel (319 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Elnathan B. Fisher and then Thomas McPherson, on voyage 21 June 1871-19 Oct. 1872 to North Atlantic and Hudson Bay whaling grounds; owner-agent: Jonathan Bourne, Jr.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1835; rerigged from ship to bark in 1864; lost on Marble Island 19 Oct. 1872.

From the description of Logbook, 1871 Sept. 4-1873 Aug. 1. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972403

Whaling vessel (303 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Charles B. Kilmer and Elnathan B. Fisher, on voyage 1 May 1866-9 Oct. 1867; owner-agent: Jonathan Bourne, Jr.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1835; rerigged from ship to bark in 1864.

From the description of Logbook, 1866 May 2-1867 Oct. 9. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70966476

Whaling vessel (303 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James B. Huxford, on voyage 23 Oct. 1867-23 Apr. 1868 to the Steen, San Antonio, Cape Verde, Charleston, and Hatteras whaling grounds; owner-agent: Jonathan Bourne, Jr.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1835; rerigged from ship to bark in 1864.

From the description of Logbook, 1867 Oct. 23-1868 Apr. 23. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70973093

Whaling vessel (319 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Charles B. Kilmer, on voyage 25 Mar. 1865-1 Oct. 1865 to Western, Hudson Bay, Marble Island, and other whaling grounds; owner-agent: Jonathan Bourne, Jr.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1835; rerigged from ship to bark in 1864.

From the description of Logbook, 1864 Mar. 25-1865 Oct. 1. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70966475

Whaling vessel (303 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Elnathan B. Fisher, on voyage 3 June 1868-26 Sept. 1869; owner-agent: Jonathan Bourne, Jr.; built at Rochester, Mass., 1835; rerigged from ship to bark in 1864.

From the description of Logbook, 1868 June 3-1869 Sept. 4. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70966477

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Subjects:

  • Ice
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Marine accidents
  • Masts and rigging
  • Punishment
  • Scurvy
  • Seafaring life
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whale bone
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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Places:

  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Faial (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Arctic region (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)