Merlin (Bark)
Biographical notes:
Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George F. Allen, on voyage from 17 Nov. 1881-22 May 1883; owner-agent: John F. Tucker; built at Rochester, Mass, 1856; lost on this voyage, 22 May 1883.
From the description of Logbook of the bark Merlin, 1882 Jan. 13-1883 Apr. 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977648
Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by David Baker on voyage from 1 Dec. 1863-9 May 1868; owner-agent: William Watkins; built at Rochester, Mass., 1856.
From the description of Logbook of the bark Merlin, 1865 Dec. 13-1866 Aug. 20. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130093
Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George F. Allen, on voyage from 18 Nov. 1881-22 May 1883 to the Cornell, Madagascar, East Cape, and Coast of Africa whaling grounds; owner-agent: John F. Tucker; built at Rochester, Mass., 1856.
From the description of Logbook, 1881 Nov. 18-1883 May 22. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976730
Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John R. Sturgis, on voyage from 22 Nov. 1876-19 Aug. 1880 to the Cornell, Madagascar, Coast of Arabia, Mahe Banks, and Zanzibar whaling grounds; owner-agent: Charles R. Tucker & Company; built at Rochester, Mass., 1856.
From the description of Logbook, 1876 Nov. 27-1880 Aug. 19. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976729
Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Albert A. Thomas, on voyage 2 July 1872-19 June 1876 to Captain Allen's, Western, South Indian, Vasquez, French Rock, Norfolk, Off Shore, Marquesas, Twelve Forty/North Atlantic, and Chatham whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Watkins; built at Rochester, Mass., 1856.
From the description of Logbook, 1872 July 2-1876 June 19. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70970296
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Subjects:
- Blue whale
- Children and the sea
- Collisions at sea
- Lunar eclipses
- Finback whale
- Globicephala
- Humpback whale
- Indigenous peoples
- Killer whale
- Marine accidents
- Penguins
- Punishment
- Right whale
- Scrimshaw
- Seafaring life
- Ship captains' spouses
- Sperm whale
- Sunfishes
- Swordfish
- Turtles
- Voyages and travels
- Whale bone
- Whale oil
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whalers (Persons)
- Whales
- Whaling
- Whaling masters
- Women and the sea
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Places:
- Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
- Flores Island (Azores) (as recorded)
- São Tiago Island (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
- Saint Helena (as recorded)
- Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Islands, Bay of (N.Z.) (as recorded)
- Brava (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
- Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Anjouan (Comoros) (as recorded)
- Chatham Island (N.Z.) (as recorded)
- South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
- Indian Ocean (as recorded)
- Mahé (Seychelles) (as recorded)
- Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (as recorded)
- Bird Island (Seychelles) (as recorded)
- Maio Island (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
- South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
- North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
- Saint Helena (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
- Mauritius (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
- Anjouan (Comoros) (as recorded)
- Indian Ocean (as recorded)
- Pernambuco (Brazil) (as recorded)
- São Tiago Island (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
- Zanzibar (as recorded)
- Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
- Indian Ocean (as recorded)
- Arabian Sea (as recorded)
- Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
