Hope (1802 Peterhead ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHope
Launched1802, Peterhead [1]
FateLost 3 July 1830
General characteristics
Tons burthen242, [2] or 242 [1] (bm)

Hope was launched at Peterhead in 1802. She was a whaler in the British northern whale fishery for her entire career. She was lost on 3 July 1830 in the Davis Strait. Her crew were rescued. [3]

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Career

The Peterhead Greenland whale fishery began in 1788 with a voyage by a relatively small vessel, Robert, of 169 tons (bm). In 1798 Alexander Geary became master of Robert, and under his command her success improved markedly: she brought in four whales that yielded more than 70 tons of whale oil. However, she was a small vessel, and ill-suited to the business. In 1801, her owners sold her. The newly-built Hope, with Geary in command, replaced Robert. Hope was larger, at 240 tons (bm), and better equipped for Arctic work. In her first whaling season, Hope took 11 whales and brought home more than 117 tons of blubber. [4]

At about this time, Geary, with others, formed Peterhead's first whaling company. They purchased a granary at Keith Inch and converted it into a boil house and stores. [4]

The data below is from the Scottish Arctic Whaling Database. [5]

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oil
1802A.GearyEast GreenlandFull
1803A.GearyEast Greenland8
1804A.GearyEast Greenland20
1805A.GearyEast Greenland20
1806A.GearyEast Greenland6
1807A.GearyEast Greenland9
1808A.GearyEast Greenland27
1809A.GearyEast Greenland26
1810G.SangsterEast Greenland17
1811G.SangsterEast Greenland27
1812A.GearyEast Greenland21
1813A.GearyEast Greenland8
1814T.PhillipsEast Greenland14157

Eighteen-fourteen was the most successful year for Peterhead whalers. The seven Peterhead whalers killed a total of 163 whales to bring in a total of 192 tuns of whale oil; this gives an average of 198½ tuns per whale. Hope was the least successful of the seven whalers. [2]

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oil
1815T.PhillipsEast Greenland585
1816W.RobertsonEast Greenland1061
1817W.RobertsonEast Greenland9103
1818W.RobertsonEast Greenland336
1819A.MackieEast Greenland6 + 47 seals26
1820A.MackieEast Greenland2 + 45 seals9

In 1821 she was registered at Aberdeen with Mackie, master, and John Hutchinson, owner. [1]

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oil
1821W.RobertsonEast Greenland10113
1822W.RobertsonEast Greenland473
1823J.GilchristEast Greenland13192
1824J.BirnieEast Greenland7101
1825J.VolumDavis Strait672
1826J.VolumDavis Strait117
1827J.VolumEast Greenland756
1828J.VolumDavis Strait7112
1829J.VolumDavis Strait8120
1830J.VolumDavis Strait00

Fate

Hope was lost on 3 July 1830. She was one of the many whalers lost in 1830. She was Peterhead's longest-serving whaler. [2]

Eighteen-thirty was the worst year for ship losses in the Arctic since 1819, when whalers first crossed the straits. Eighteen whalers (or 19), out of 91 vessels were lost, for a total tonnage of 5,614 tons (bm). The second highest loss had occurred in 1823 when 13 vessels totaling 4,409 tons (bm), were lost. [6]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Anon. (1821), p. 55.
  2. 1 2 3 Sutherland (1993), p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Davis' Straits Fishing". The Aberdeen Journal. No. 4318. 13 October 1830.
  4. 1 2 Sutherland (1993), p. 1.
  5. ↑ Scottish Arctic Whaling Database – Voyages: Hope.
  6. ↑ "Davis' Straits Fishery." 19 October 1830, The Times (London, England). Issue: 14361.

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