Niagara (Whaling ship)

Dates:
Active 1851
Active 1854

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel, out of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Benjamin Clough, on voyage from 9 Oct. 1851-17 Feb. 1854 to the Tristan, Okhotsk Sea, Anadyr Sea, Kamchatka Coast, Arctic Ocean, Callao, and Archer whaling grounds; owner-agent: Nathan Church; built at Fairhaven or New York, N.Y., 1851.

From the description of Logbook, 1851 Oct. 10-1854 Feb. 16. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978883

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Subjects:

  • Ships
  • Bowhead whale
  • Finback whale
  • Globicephala
  • Gray whale
  • Humpback whale
  • Ice
  • Killer whale
  • Marine accidents
  • Mutiny
  • Punishment
  • Rescue
  • Right whale
  • Seafaring life
  • Seals (Animals)
  • Sperm whale
  • Voyages and travels
  • Walrus
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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Places:

  • Guam (as recorded)
  • Halmahera (Indonesia) (as recorded)
  • Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (as recorded)
  • Aitutaki Atoll (Cook Islands) (as recorded)
  • Martin Vaz Islands (Brazil) (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Lahaina (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Arctic regions (as recorded)
  • North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Okhotsk, Sea of (as recorded)
  • Valparaíso (Chile) (as recorded)
  • Amsterdam Island (Terres australes et antarctiques franc̥aises) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Fairhaven (as recorded)