Lord Wellington (1810 Hull ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameLord Wellington
Namesake Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Launched1810, Hull [1]
FateWrecked 15 June 1834
General characteristics
Tons burthen343, [1] or 354, [2] [3] or 361 (bm)
PropulsionSail
Complement41 (1821)
Armament10 × 6&9-pounder guns [1]

Lord Wellington was launched in 1810 at Hull, England. She made 20 voyages to Davis Strait and Greenland as a northern whale fishery whaler. She was lost in June 1834 on her 21st voyage.

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Career

Lord Wellington first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in June 1810 with H. Rose, master, and [ W.] Bolton, owner. Her trade was Hull–Davis Strait. [1]

The following data is from Coltish: [4]

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oil
1811H.Rose [3] Davis Strait10 [5] 142
1812Johnson19162
1813LambertGreenland00
1814 [a] LambertGreenland684
1815LambertGreenland684
1815[Phillip] DannattGreenland568
1816DannattDavis Strait352
1817DannattGreenland333 [b]
1818DannattGreenland10143
1819DannattGreenland17118
1820DannattGreenland10152
1821[John] BoydonGreenland15144

The following data is from Lloyd's Register:

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1822Boyden
W.Foster
Nisbet		Bolton & co.Hull–Davis StraitLR; repairs 1820 & 1823
1824W.NisbetBolton & Co.Hull–Elsinore LR; repairs 1820 & 1823
1826J.HarrisonShackle & Co.Hull-GreenlandLR; repairs 1820, 1822, 1824, & 1825

In 1825, Lord Wellington was one of the vessels that transferred supplies to Active before leaving the whaling grounds. Active had grounded and there was no hope of getting her off until the next year so her captain and some of his crew decided to stay with her and overwinter there. [7]

The following data is from Coltish: [4]

YearMasterWhereWhales Tuns whale oil
1825HarrisonDavis Strait880
1826HarrisonDavis Strait793
1827HarrisonGreenland13108
1828HarrisonDavis Strait16199
1829HarrisonDavis Strait14143
1830HarrisonDavis Strait125
1831HarrisonDavis Strait550
1832HarrisonGreenland116
1833HarrisonDavis Strait31190
1834HarrisonDavis Strait00

The Register of Shipping (RS) for 1833 showed Lord Wellington with Harrison, master, Shackells, owner, and trade Hull–Greenland. She had had damages repaired in 1827 and 1832, and a thorough repair in 1832. [2]

Fate

Lord Wellington was lost on 15 June 1834 in Melville Bay, Greenland. Her crew were rescued. [8]

On 3 June 1834, Lord Wellington got caught in ice. On 16 June she was caught between ice floes and became a total wreck. Captain Richard Harrison and surgeon Robert Maclean went aboard Dorden. The rest of the crew were split between Norfolk and William Torr. [9] [c]

Notes

  1. ↑ Lord Wellington was the second vessel to leave Hull, sailing on 25 February 1814. [6]
  2. ↑ She also killed 440 seals.
  3. ↑ In 1835, both Dorden and William Torr were lost. [9]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 LR (1810), Supple.pages "L", Seq.№L36.
  2. 1 2 RS (1832), №548.
  3. 1 2 Barron (1895), p. 204.
  4. 1 2 Coltish (c. 1842).
  5. ↑ Lloyd's List 6 August 1811, №4586, Ship arrival and departure (SAD) data.
  6. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 197.
  7. ↑ Lubbock (1937), p. 259.
  8. ↑ "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE". The Hull Packet. No. 2599. 12 September 1834.
  9. 1 2 Lubbock (1937), pp. 298–299.

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