Indian Chief (Ship)

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Built in Bengal 1798, 402 tons, captured and sold to the Americans. Voyages: (1) 1800/1 Bengal. New York 21 Apr 1800 - 13 Jun Hamburg - 22 Aug Yarmouth - 2 Dec Portsmouth - 15 Dec Madeira - 2 Apr 1801 Calcutta - 16 May Culpee - 12 Aug St Helena - 22 Sep Downs.

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x000138

Whaling vessel, out of New London, Conn., mastered by James F. Skinner; owner-agent: Frink, Crew & Co.

From the description of Log/journal, 1842 Oct. 1-1844 Apr. 5. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013338

Whaling vessel, out of New London, Conn., on voyage from 26 July 1851 to 1 Apr. 1855; mastered by Elisha M. Bailey and then Gilbert W. Fish; owner-agent: Frink & Prentis; stove by ice and lost in Arctic, 1857.

From the description of Logbook of the ship Indian Chief, 1851 July 26-1855 Apr. 1. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71058364

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creatorOf Indian Chief (Ship). Logbook of the ship Indian Chief, 1851 July 26-1855 Apr. 1. New London County Historical Society
referencedIn Indian Chief: Journal, anon British Library
creatorOf Indian Chief (Ship). Log/journal, 1842 Oct. 1-1844 Apr. 5. Nantucket Hist Association
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associatedWith Bailey, Elisha M. person
associatedWith Bloomfield, Thomas R. person
associatedWith Fish, Gilbert W. person
associatedWith Frink, Crew & Co. (New London, Conn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Frink & Prentis (New London, Conn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Skinner, James F. person
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Connecticut--New London
Crozet Islands
Connecticut--New London
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Okhotsk, Sea of
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
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Right whale
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Sperm whale
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Whaling
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Active 1851

Active 1855

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