Andrew Marvel (1812 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameAndrew Marvel
Namesake Andrew Marvell
BuilderThomas Richardson, Hull [1] [2]
Launched1812
FateFoundered September 1843
General characteristics
Tons burthen377, [3] [4] or 379 [5] (bm)
Complement41 (1821)
Armament8 × 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.

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Greenland whaler

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]

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oilNotes
1812Orton14150
1813OrtonDavis Strait341
1814OrtonGreenland11164
1815OrtonDavis Strait576
1816OrtonDavis Strait17241 (600 butts [7] )
1817OrtonDavis Strait459
1818OrtonDavis Strait573
1819OrtonDavis Strait14182Orton 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]

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oilNotes
1820OrtonDavis Strait10129
1821OrtonGreenland1821612 tons of whale bone [11]
1822OrtonDavis Strait446
1823OrtonDavis Strait27230271½ cwt of [12]
1824BlytheDavis Strait10150
1825HedonDavis Strait11120
1826SilcockDavis Strait9134On 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]
1827SilcockDavis Strait16189
1828SilcockDavis Strait10117
1829OrtonDavis Strait8104
1830OrtonDavis Strait00
1831WrightDavis Strait455
1832WrightDavis Strait31280
1833WrightDavis Strait36285This was the greatest amount brought in by any Hull whaler between 1772 and 1852. [15]
1834WrightDavis Strait13130
1835WrightDavis Strait2
1836WrightDavis Strait00

Merchantman

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]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1840ChambersHopwoodHull–QuebecLR; large repair 1826
1843ChambersHopwoodHull–QuebecLR; large repair 1826

Fate

On 25 September 1843, Andrew Marvel was sinking at 42°N57°W / 42°N 57°W / 42; -57 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]

Citations

  1. ↑ Lloyd's Register Foundation: Report of survey for Andrew Marvel, 10 December 1834 – accessed 21 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 MacGregor (1984), p. 26.
  3. 1 2 3 LR (1812), Supple. pages "A", Seq.№A47.
  4. 1 2 Lubbock (1937), p. 190.
  5. 1 2 LR (1836), Seq.№613.
  6. ↑ Coltish (c. 1842).
  7. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 203.
  8. ↑ "Davis's Straits." Times, 3 Nov. 1819, p. 3. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 22 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 210.
  10. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 211.
  11. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 228.
  12. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 255.
  13. ↑ Lloyd's List №6152.
  14. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 262.
  15. ↑ Munroe (1854), p. 38.
  16. ↑ "Ship News." Times, 31 Oct. 1843, p. 7. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 21 May 2019.
  17. ↑ LR (1844), Seq.№A551.

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