Earl Fauconberg (1765 ship)

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British-Red-Ensign-1707.svgGreat Britain
NameEarl Fauconberg
Namesake Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg
OwnerHenry W. Yeoman (1784)
BuilderWhitby
Launched1765
FateWrecked 1821
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen331, or 335, [2] or 350 [3] (bm)
Length100 ft (30.5 m)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
NotesThree masts

Earl Fauconberg (or Earl of Fauconberg, or Earl Fauconburg, or Earl Falconberg, or Fauconburg) was launched at Whitby in 1765. From 1784 on she made numerous voyages as a Greenland whaler. She was lost there in 1821.

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Career

Earl Fauconberg's early career is obscure as she did not enter Lloyd's Register (LR) until 1784. She first entered LR with T. Johnson, master, "H.Yeomn", owner, and trade Whitby–Davis Strait. She had undergone repairs in 1777. [3]

Between 1784 and 1799 Earl Fauconberg made annual voyages to the Greenland whale fisheries from Whitby. [4]

There are occasional press mentions of whales taken. Thus on 18 July 1788, Lloyd's List (LL) reported on vessels still at Davis Strait and among the Whitby ships, listed Earl Falconberg with "2 Fish". [5]

Francis Agar was master of Earl Faucenberg in 1791 and in 1799–1800. [6]

The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1801 showed Earl Falconberg (of 351 tons burthen, launched at Whitby in 1765), with J. Crosby, master, J. Atty, owner, and trade Newcastle–London. [7] Although one source reports that Earl Fauconberg was sold to Grimbsby in 1801, [1] she proceeded to make four whaling voyages from Kingston upon Hull.

In 1807, after the Battle of Copenhagen, the crew of the whaler Faucenberg were among the many seamen from Grimbsby who volunteered to sail to Copenhagen to help bring back the Danish vessels that the Royal Navy had captured. [8]

YearTuns whale oilYearTuns whale oil
180177180359
1802291804113
SourceColtish [9]

In 1802 Earl Fauconberg was reported to have taken ten whales. [10] She returned to LR in 1803 after an absence of more than a decade. Her master was J. Smith, her owner was Atty & Co., and her trade was Hull–Greenland. [11]

In 1806, Earl Fauconberg collided with Hunter, while both were on their way to Greenland. Hunter had to return to the Humber. [12]

Later, in March 1806, Earl Fauconberg was driven ashore at Aberdeen, Scotland, during a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, to Greenland. [13] [14] She later was refloated and put into Aberdeen for repairs. [15] [16]

YearMasterWhereWhalesTuns whale oilSeals
1814SmithDavis Strait785
1815SmithGreenland228
1816SmithDavis Strait450
1817CooperDavis Strait120400
1818CooperDavis Strait115
1819CooperDavis Strait11180
1820CooperDavis Strait15180
1821CooperGreenland

Circa 1810 investors formed the Greenland Fishery Company. It had two ships, Birnie and Earl Fauconberg. Birnie, a Spanish prize, was crushed by ice in 1815 Davis Strait. Between 1815 and 1818 Earl Fauconberg gathered only eight whales. The Greenland Fisher Company, including its boiling house and premises, were sold to George Tennyson. [17]

LR for 1821 showed Earl Fauconberg with I.Smith, master, Plaskett, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait. She had undergone repairs in 1816 for damages. [2] The RS gave the master's name as Cooper, and the year of the repairs as 1817. [18]

Fate

Earl Fauconberg was sunk by ice off the coast of Greenland in 1821. [19]

After her loss, the Greenland Fishery Company was wound up. [17]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Weatherill (1908), p. 45.
  2. 1 2 LR (1821), Seq.№E37.
  3. 1 2 LR (1784), Seq.№E403.
  4. ↑ Weatherill (1908), p. 379.
  5. ↑ LL №2004.
  6. ↑ Lubbock (1937).
  7. ↑ RS (18010, Seq.№E33.
  8. ↑ "Marine Intelligence." The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser (Hull, England), 29 September 1807; Issue 1081.
  9. ↑ Coltish (c. 1842).
  10. ↑ Monthly Magazine, Volume 14, september 1802, p.188.
  11. ↑ LR (1803), Supple. pages "E", Seq.№E16.
  12. ↑ Lloyd's List №4037.
  13. ↑ "Lloyd's Marine List – April 1". Caledonian Mercury. No. 13142. 5 April 1806.
  14. ↑ Lloyd's List №4040.
  15. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4043). 11 April 1806.
  16. ↑ Lloyd's List №4043.
  17. 1 2 Bates (1893), pp. 15–16.
  18. ↑ RS (1821), Seq.№E31.
  19. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc. No. 542. 19 October 1821.

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