| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Home Castle |
| Namesake | Hume Castle |
| Launched | 1811, [1] Aberdeen [1] |
| Fate | Lost 1829 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 311, [2] or 315 [1] (bm) |
| Armament | 8 × 9-pounder carronades |
Home Castle was launched in Aberdeen in 1811. From 1813 on she was a whaler in the British northern whale fishery (Greenland and Davis Strait). She was lost in 1829 while whaling in Davis Strait.
Home Castle first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) and in Lloyd's Register in 1813. [1] [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1813 | G.Wallis | Boyd & Co. | London–Leith Leith–Davis Strait | RS |
| 1813 | G.Wallace | C.White & Co. | Leith–Davis Strait | LR |
Home Castle then made 16 annual voyages to the Northern Whale Fishery, being lost on her last. Between 1813 and 1824 she sailed from Bo'ness (Borrowstounness). Then from 1825 to her loss she sailed from Leith. [3] Even when she belonged to Leith, she would go up to Bo'ness to boil her oil there and to overwinter. [4]
The data below came primarily from Coltish: [5]
| Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1814 | Wallace | Greenland | 7 | 52.5 |
| 1815 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 4 | 27 |
| 1816 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 4 | 30 |
On her way to Davis Strait in early 1816 Home Castle became leaky and had to put into Burnt Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador to effect repairs. [6]
| Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1817 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 8 | 61 |
| 1818 | Robertson | Davis Strait | 5 | 34 |
| 1819 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 13 | |
| 1820 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 16 | 108.5 |
| 1821 | Wallace | Greenland | 17 | 81.5 |
| 1822 | Wallace | Greenland | 1 | 6 |
| 1823 | Wallace | Greenland | 18 | 108.5 |
| 1824 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 3 | |
| 1825 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 1 | 6.5 |
| 1826 | Wallace | Davis Strait | 3 | 17.5 |
| 1827 | Stewart (or Stuart) | Davis Strait | 19 | 194 |
| 1828 | Stewart | Davis Strait | 15 | 82 |
| 1829 | Stewart | Davis Strait | ||
Home Castle was wrecked on the coast of the Davis Strait, either while crossing or after having crossed Melville Bay. Ice closed in on her, crushing her on 8 July. She was just behind Eagle, so close that Home Castle's jibboom projected over Eagle's taffrail, but Eagle was unharmed. [7]
Lady Jane rescued two of Home Castle's crew and took them into Newcastle. [8]
Of 88 or 89 ships, only four were lost.
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