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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