Gardiner and Joseph (1810 ship)

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NameGardiner and Joseph
BuilderHull
Launched1810
FateFoundered 9 October 1824
General characteristics
Tons burthen360 [1] [2] (bm)
Armament8 × 9-pounder carronades [1]

Gardiner and Joseph (or Gardener and Joseph, or Gardner and Joseph) was launched at Hull in 1810. She made 11 voyages to Greenland or Davis Strait as a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She then traded briefly between Hull and North America. She foundered on 9 October 1824.

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Career

She was a replacement for her owners's Gardiner and Joseph, launched at Hull in 1802 and lost in 1808.

Gardner & Joseph first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1810 with Holberry, master, Eggingtons, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait. [1]

The following data is from Coltish, [3] supplemented by data from Lloyd's List (LL), LR, and the Register of Shipping (RS):

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oil
1811HolberryDavis Strait8113
1812HolberryDavis Strait6 or 19?80
1813HolberryGreenland16150
1814HolberryGreenland20165
1815HolberryGreenland218
1816HolberryGreenland564
1817KirbyDavis Strait7101
1818KirbyDavis Strait443
1819KirbyDavis Strait6102
1820AngusGreenland992 (or 206 butts)
1821AngusGreenland7 + 2000 seals84 (or 190 butts)

Fate

Gardner and Joseph ceased whaling. She was last listed in LR in 1824 with trade Hull–America and in the RS in 1825 with trade Hull–Quebec.

Her crew abandoned Gardiner and Joseph, Foster, master, in the Atlantic Ocean on 9 October 1824, at 49°N16°W / 49°N 16°W / 49; -16 . Paragon, Simpson, master, rescued her crew. [a] Gardner & Joseph was on a voyage from Hull to Saint John, New Brunswick. [5]

Notes

  1. Paragon, of 357 tons (bm), B.Simpson, master, Holt & Co., owners, had been launched at Lancaster in 1824. [4]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 LR (1810), Supple. pages "G", Seq.№G48.
  2. Lubbock (1937), p. 187.
  3. Coltish (1842).
  4. LR (1825), Seq.№P66.
  5. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5953. 22 October 1824. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735034.

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