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Name | Andrew Marvel |
Namesake | Andrew Marvell |
Builder | Thomas Richardson, Hull [1] [2] |
Launched | 1812 |
Fate | Foundered September 1843 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 377, [3] [4] or 379 [5] (bm) |
Complement | 41 (1821) |
Armament | 8 × 9-pounder carronades [3] [4] |
Andrew Marvel (or Andrew Marvell) was launched in Hull in 1812. From 1812 to 1835, she was a Greenland whaler, hunting bowhead whales in the northern whale fishery. Thereafter, she became a merchantman. She foundered in September 1843, while on a voyage from Hull to Saint John, New Brunswick.
Thomas Richardson built Andrew Marvel on the lines of the whaler Isabella that he had built in 1786. [2]
Andrew Marvell first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812, with T. Orton, master, Marshall, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait. [3]
The following data are primarily from Coltish: [6]
Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil | Notes |
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1812 | Orton | 14 | 150 | ||
1813 | Orton | Davis Strait | 3 | 41 | |
1814 | Orton | Greenland | 11 | 164 | |
1815 | Orton | Davis Strait | 5 | 76 | |
1816 | Orton | Davis Strait | 17 | 241 (600 butts [7] ) | |
1817 | Orton | Davis Strait | 4 | 59 | |
1818 | Orton | Davis Strait | 5 | 73 | |
1819 | Orton | Davis Strait | 14 | 182 | Orton was whaling in the vicinity of South-East Bay, the southern end of Disko Bay. The weather was much severer than in 1818. [8] |
In 1819, a record 65 whalers sailed from Hull. Andrew Marvel sold for £7,800, complete, but net of outfitting for the coming season. [9] She was the first whaler to return; she had left the ice on 8 July and arrived back at Hull on 12 August. [10]
Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil | Notes |
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1820 | Orton | Davis Strait | 10 | 129 | |
1821 | Orton | Greenland | 18 | 216 | 12 tons of whale bone [11] |
1822 | Orton | Davis Strait | 4 | 46 | |
1823 | Orton | Davis Strait | 27 | 230 | 271½ cwt of [12] |
1824 | Blythe | Davis Strait | 10 | 150 | |
1825 | Hedon | Davis Strait | 11 | 120 | |
1826 | Silcock | Davis Strait | 9 | 134 | On 1 July 1826, Cicero was wrecked in the Davis Strait. Andrew Marvel rescued her crew. [13] The crew was later distributed among the other vessels in the fleet. [14] |
1827 | Silcock | Davis Strait | 16 | 189 | |
1828 | Silcock | Davis Strait | 10 | 117 | |
1829 | Orton | Davis Strait | 8 | 104 | |
1830 | Orton | Davis Strait | 0 | 0 | |
1831 | Wright | Davis Strait | 4 | 55 | |
1832 | Wright | Davis Strait | 31 | 280 | |
1833 | Wright | Davis Strait | 36 | 285 | This was the greatest amount brought in by any Hull whaler between 1772 and 1852. [15] |
1834 | Wright | Davis Strait | 13 | 130 | |
1835 | Wright | Davis Strait | 2 | ||
1836 | Wright | Davis Strait | 0 | 0 | |
LR for 1836, showed Andrew Marvel with M. Wright, master, Hopwood, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait, changing to Hull–America. She had had a thorough repair in 1836. [5]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1840 | Chambers | Hopwood | Hull–Quebec | LR; large repair 1826 |
1843 | Chambers | Hopwood | Hull–Quebec | LR; large repair 1826 |
On 25 September 1843, Andrew Marvel was sinking at 42°N57°W / 42°N 57°W when Lotus came on the scene and rescued the crew. Andrew Marvel had been sailing from Hull to Saint John. [16] LR for 1844 carried the annotation "Lost" by her name. [17]