John Carver (Bark)

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1884
Active 1885

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by H. Montross, on voyage 5 Dec. 1885-21 June 1886; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at Searsport, Maine, in 1857; shipwrecked during this voyage when crushed by ice off St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.

From the description of Logbook, 1885 Dec. 5-1886 June 22. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70967914

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Albert C. Sherman, on voyage 6 May 1884-11 Nov. 1885 to the Commodore Morris, Patagonia, Western Island, River Plata, Coast of Chile, and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at Searsport, Maine, in 1857; shipwrecked (1886) on next voyage when crushed by ice off St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.

From the description of Logbook, 1884 May 6-1885 Nov. 11. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70967913

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Jacob L. Howland; on voyage from 23 Aug. 1870-2 July 1874 to the Western, 36/36, Cornell, False Banks, Coast of Chile, Juan Fernández Islands, Off-shore, and Galapagos whaling grounds; owner-agent: Thomas Knowles & Co.; built at Searsport, Me., 1857.

From the description of Logbook of the bark John Carver, 1870 Aug. 23-1874 Feb. 12. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173262300

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Albert C. Sherman, on voyage 6 May 1884-11 Nov. 1885 to the Northeast Atlantic, Brazil Banks, near Falkland Island, Southeast Pacific, Coast of Chile, On the Line, Hawaiian Islands, Anadyr Sea, and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at Searsport, Me., 1857; shipwrecked (1886), when crushed by ice off St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.

From the description of Logbook of the bark John Carver, 1884 May 6-1885 Nov. 11. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173277131

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Abraham Smith, on voyage from 18 May 1880-May 25 1883, to the Western, Western Island, and Coast of Brazil whaling grounds; owner-agent: Thomas Knowles; built at Searsport, Me., 1857.

From the description of Logbook of the bark John Carver, 1880 May 18-1883 May 25. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 194265165

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Subjects:

  • Ships
  • Ships
  • Barrels
  • Blue whale
  • Bowhead whale
  • Finback whale
  • Globicephala
  • Gray whale
  • Humpback whale
  • Ice
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Killer whale
  • Marine accidents
  • Naval Medicine
  • Punishment
  • Rescue
  • Right whale
  • Seafaring life
  • Sealing
  • Seals (Animals)
  • Shipwrecks
  • Sperm whale
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whale bone
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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Places:

  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Bering Sea (as recorded)
  • Arctic regions (as recorded)
  • Talcahuano (Chile)x Description and travel (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Horta (Azores : District) (as recorded)
  • Juan Fernández Islands (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Saint Helena (as recorded)
  • Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Flores Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Searsport (as recorded)
  • Tumbes (Peru) (as recorded)
  • Tenerife (Canary Islands) (as recorded)
  • Valparaíso (Chile) (as recorded)
  • North Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Arctic regions (as recorded)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
  • Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) (as recorded)