Hector (Navire)
Variant namesFormer Levant traader, 110 crew, 24 guns, 800 tons. Voyages: (1) 1600/1 Bantam. Capt John Middleton. Woolwich 13 Feb 1601 - Torbay 20 Apr - 1 May Canaries - 9 Sep Cape 29 Oct - 17 Dec Madagascar 6 Mar 1602 - 9 May Nicobars - 5 Jun Acheh - took part in capture of San Antonio carrack in Straits of Malacca 11 Sep - 24 Oct Acheh 9 Nov - Priaman 4 Dec - 16 Dec Bantam 20 Feb 1603 - 16 Jun St Helena 5 Jul - 11 Sep Downs. (2) 1603/4 Bantam. Capt Christopher Colthurst/William Keeling. Gravesend 25 Mar 1604 - 24 Apr Maio - 17 Jul Cape 20 Aug - 23 Dec Bantam 4 Mar 1605 - Dec Cape - 3 Feb 1606 St Helena - 6 May Downs. (3) 1606/7 Surat and Bantam. Capt William Hawkins/William Keeling. Downs 1 Apr 1607 - Plymouth 16 Apr - 17 Dec Cape - Apr 1608 Socotra - 24 Aug river Tapti 5 Oct (Hawkins sent for Agra) - Dec Bantam Jan 1609 - 8 Feb Bandas - Aug Bantam Oct - 10 May 1610 Downs. (4) 1610/1 Red Sea and Bantam. Capt Gabriel Towerson. Downs 18 Apr 1611 - 1 Aug Cape - 17 Feb 1612 Socotra - 16 Mar Mokha - Red Sea blockade 8 Aug - 23 Oct Bantam 11 Dec - voyage ended 1613. (5) 1613/4 Surat and Bantam. Capt Arthur Spaight. Gravesend 28 Feb 1614 - 15 Jun Cape - 6 Aug St Augustine's Bay - 23 Aug Moheli - 9 Sep Socotra - 15 Oct Surat 3 Mar 1615 - 15 Apr Acheh - Tiku 24 Apr 1616 - 15 May Bantam, abandoned, rotten.
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x0000fb
Whaleship; built at New York City, 1818; registered in New Bedford, Mass., 1826-1866; principal owners included William and Francis Rotch and Charles W. Morgan; captured and burned by the Confederate raider SHENANDOAH at Ascension Island, 1865.
From the description of Records of the ship Hector, 1848-1864 (bulk 1852-1860). (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47728035
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| associatedWith | Chase, Amos A. | person |
| associatedWith | Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations (1696-1782) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Judson, Joseph. | person |
| associatedWith | Junior (Vessel) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Langdon, John, 1741-1819. | person |
| associatedWith | Morgan, Charles W. | person |
| associatedWith | Post, D. R. | person |
| associatedWith | Reeves, Jacob. | person |
| associatedWith | Rotch, Benjamin. | person |
| associatedWith | Rotch, William James, 1819-1893. | person |
| associatedWith | Russel (Vessel) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | St. John (Vessel) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Taber, Gordon & Company (New Bedford, Mass.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Upton, Jeduthan, 1785-1821. | person |
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