| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Lord Wellington |
| Namesake | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
| Builder | Hull [1] |
| Launched | 1810 [1] |
| Fate | Wrecked 15 June 1834 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 343, [1] or 354, [2] [3] or 361 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 41 (1821) |
| Armament | 10 × 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.
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]
| Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 | H.Rose [3] | Davis Strait | 10 [5] | 142 |
| 1812 | Johnson | 19 | 162 | |
| 1813 | Lambert | Greenland | 0 | 0 |
| 1814 [lower-alpha 1] | Lambert | Greenland | 6 | 84 |
| 1815 | Lambert | Greenland | 6 | 84 |
| 1815 | [Phillip] Dannatt | Greenland | 5 | 68 |
| 1816 | Dannatt | Davis Strait | 3 | 52 |
| 1817 | Dannatt | Greenland | 3 | 33 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 1818 | Dannatt | Greenland | 10 | 143 |
| 1819 | Dannatt | Greenland | 17 | 118 |
| 1820 | Dannatt | Greenland | 10 | 152 |
| 1821 | [John] Boydon | Greenland | 15 | 144 |
The following data is from Lloyd's Register:
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1822 | Boyden W.Foster Nisbet | Bolton & co. | Hull–Davis Strait | LR; repairs 1820 & 1823 |
| 1824 | W.Nisbet | Bolton & Co. | Hull–Elsinore | LR; repairs 1820 & 1823 |
| 1826 | J.Harrison | Shackle & Co. | Hull-Greenland | LR; 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]
| Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1825 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 8 | 80 |
| 1826 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 7 | 93 |
| 1827 | Harrison | Greenland | 13 | 108 |
| 1828 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 16 | 199 |
| 1829 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 14 | 143 |
| 1830 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 1 | 25 |
| 1831 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 5 | 50 |
| 1832 | Harrison | Greenland | 1 | 16 |
| 1833 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 31 | 190 |
| 1834 | Harrison | Davis Strait | 0 | 0 |
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]
Lord Wellington was lost on 15 June 1834 in Melville Bay, Greenland. Her crew were rescued. [8]
On 3 June 1834 she 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 spit between Norfolk and William Torr. [9] [lower-alpha 3]
Brunswick was launched at Hull and initially was a Greenland whaler. Her owner withdrew her from the northern whale fishery in 1836 and then deployed her sailing to New York and Sierra Leone. She was apparently on a voyage to India when she was wrecked on 7 April 1842.
Cicero was launched at Hull in 1819 as a Greenland whaler, hunting bowhead whales. She made six full voyages to the Greenland whale fishery and was lost in July 1826 on her seventh.
Andrew Marvel was launched at Hull in 1812. From 1812 to 1835 she was a Greenland whaler, hunting bowhead whales in the northern whale fishery. Thereafter she became a merchantman. She foundered in September 1843 while on a voyage from Hull to Saint John, New Brunswick.
Earl Fauconberg was launched at Whitby in 1765. From 1784 on she made numerous voyages as a Greenland whaler. She was lost there in 1821.
Blenheim may have been launched in 1776 in Philadelphia as Britannia. By 1777 she was the Massachusetts-based privateer American Tartar and had taken several prizes. She had also participated in an inconclusive single-ship action with a British merchantman. The British Royal Navy captured American Tartar late in 1777 and she became HMS Hinchinbrook. The Royal Navy sold her in 1783 and she became the West Indiaman Blenheim. In 1785-86 she became a Greenland whaler and she continued in that trade until two French frigates captured and burnt her in 1806.
Majestic was launched at Sunderland in 1811. In 1812 she became a whaler in the British northern whale fishery, whaling at Davis Strait. She was lost there on 16 July 1819.
Regalia was launched at Sunderland in 1811. In 1819 she made a voyage to Calcutta, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She also sailed to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. From Sydney she engaged in several sealing hunting voyages to the waters around Macquarie Island. In 1826 she transported convicts from Dublin to New South Wales. From 1831 until 1852, when she was wrecked at Davis Strait, Regalia was a whaler in the northern whale fishery.
Gardiner and Joseph was launched at Hull in 1802. She made seven voyages as a whaler in the northern whale fishery until she was wrecked in November 1808.
Gardiner 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.
Jane was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1813 as a West Indiaman. Between 1818 and 1836 she was a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She then became a merchantman and was wrecked in 1866.
Hebe was launched at Hull in 1809. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman, but then sailed to the Mediterranean. In 1813 a privateer captured her but the Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. Between 1816 and 1819 she made two voyages to India, sailing under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). On her return new owners sailed her as a whaler. She was wrecked on 10 March 1821 on her second whaling voyage to the British northern whale fishery.
Home Castle was launched in Aberdeen in 1811. From 1813 on she was a whaler in the British northern whale fishery. She was lost in 1829 while whaling in Davis Strait.
Royal Bounty was launched in South Carolina in 1770, probably as George and Sarah. Her owners changed her name to Royal Bounty circa 1786. As Royal Bounty she sailed out of Leith, going on annual whale hunting voyages to the northern whale fishery. She was wrecked in 1819 on her 35th such voyage.
Isabella was launched in Kingston upon Hull in 1813. She initially sailed as a transport, and then as a merchantman trading with Canada. In 1817 the British Admiralty hired her as one of two vessels that would go on an expedition to search for a Northwest Passage. The expedition was unsuccessful. In 1820 she underwent two maritime mishaps, only one of which was substantive. From 1824 until she wrecked in the ice in June 1835 she was a whaler in the northern whale fishery.
Cumbrian was launched at Shields in 1811. Initially, during the last years of the Napoleonic Wars, Cumbrian was a transport. After the end of the war she became a West Indiaman. In 1817 she made one voyage to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). In 1819 she became a whaler, sailing from Kingston upon Hull to the northern whale fishery. From 1835 on she left whaling and started trading more widely, to North America, Bombay, and Africa. She was driven ashore in August 1844, refloated, and subsequently condemned.
Gibraltar was launched in 1776 in France, almost certainly under another name. Between 1787 and 1795, she was a whaler in the northern whale (Greenland) fishery. A French privateer captured her in February 1796 as she was on her way to the fishery, and burnt her. Her loss led the British government to increase the protection of the outward-bound whaling fleet.
Zephyr was a vessel built at Hull in 1796. She initially traded with the Baltic, though for a year or so she was a London-based transport. From 1810 she made 27 voyages as a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She returned to mercantile trade and was last listed in 1853.
William was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1811. She made 19 complete voyages to Davis Strait and Greenland in the British northern whale fishery, but was lost to ice on her 20th. Her loss gave rise to an interesting case in claims for salvage.
Dwina was launched at Kingston upon Hull in 1792. She primarily traded between Hull and Baltic ports, though she did make some voyages to the Mediterranean. In 1802 she became a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She made two complete voyages; ice wrecked her in 1804 shortly after she arrived at Greenland on her third voyage.
Lady Forbes was launched at Leith in 1799. She became a West Indiaman, sailing under a series of letters of marque. She survived a major hurricane and an attack by pirates. From 1819, she was a whaler in the British northern whale fishery. She made three annual whaling voyages before she was lost in 1822 when ice crushed her.