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(These terms derive from the Basque word "txalupa", used to name the whaling boats that were widely utilized during the golden era of Basque whaling in Labrador in the 16th century.) The whale was harpooned and lanced to death and either towed to the stern of the ship or to the shore at low tide, where men with long knives would flense (cut up ...
1st whaling voyage (1815–1818): On this voyage she became the first vessel to return with 2000 barrels of oil. Globe sailed from Nantucket on 4 October 1815, bound for the Pacific. She returned on 1 January 1818 with 1890 barrels of sperm oil and 125 barrels of whale oil.
Spermaceti was especially valuable, and as sperm whaling voyages were several years long, the whaling ships were equipped for all eventualities. There have also been vessels which combined chasing and processing, such as the bottlenose whalers of the late 19th and early 20th century, and catcher/factory ships of the modern era.
3rd whaling voyage (1820–1822): Captain Ford sailed from England on 8 June 1820, bound for the whaling grounds off Peru. [6] On 18 December 1821 Sisters, Earle, master, arrived at Milford Haven. She had left Sir Charles Price "on the Coast" with 1200 barrels. Syren, Coffin, master, Emma, Grand Sachem, and Emerald were also there.
12th whaling voyage (1839–1841): Captain Henry Nickerson, Jr. sailed in 1839 and returned in 1841 with 553 barrels of sperm oil, 1,473 barrels of whale oil, and 12,000 pounds of whalebone. [ 18 ] 14th whaling voyage (1841–1843): Captain David Smith sailed in 1841 and returned in 1843 with 70 barrels of sperm oil and 2,000 barrels of whale oil.
3rd whaling voyage (1834–1837): Captain Lewis sailed Warren from Warren on 9 July 1837, bound for New Zealand. [6] Warren , under Captain Russell, returned to the USA, via Bahia, Brazil, arriving at New Port on 16 January 1840 with 26 000 lb of whale bone, [ 7 ] 235 barrels of sperm oil and 3065 barrels of whale oil.
It was also definitionally a long haul—if ships were at sea for 18 months, that was an incredibly short trip, and it wasn’t uncommon for voyages to last a decade or longer.
British vessels went on to make around 2,500 voyages whaling and sealing voyages to the South Seas between 1775 and 1859. [44] These voyages were made by over 930 vessels owned by 300 principal shipowners. [44] Some of these vessels in the South Atlantic also engaged in clandestine trading on the coast of Brazil. [45]