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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 ...
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.
Whaling steamer Kodiak and crew, undated photo by John Nathan Cobb. Ships continued to overwinter at Herschel into the 20th century, but by that time they focused more on trading with the natives than on whaling. By 1909 there were only three whaleships left in the Arctic fleet, [36] with the last bowhead being killed commercially in 1921. [36]
A typical whaling voyage lasted two to three years, with crew members receiving a percentage of the total value of the oil and bone harvested, commensurate with their positions and experience. [ 3 ] Black mariners were acknowledged among their crew on certain vessels in the whaling industry based on their reputation as diligent skilled workers.
5th whaling voyage (1832–1833): Captain Howell sailed in 1832 and returned in 1832 with 1,150 barrels of whale oil. [11] 6th whaling voyage (1833–1834): Captain David Hand, Jr. sailed in 1833 and returned in 1834 with 1,850 barrels of whale oil. [12] 7th whaling voyage (1834–1835): Captain Hand sailed in 1834 and returned in 1835 with ...
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.
She made five complete voyages as a whaler, one out of Boston (1822–1825), and four out of Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1831–1841). She was lost in 1842 on an uncharted atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago ( 23°10′S 137°07′W / 23.167°S 137.117°W / -23.167; -137.117 ), that for a time was known as Cadmus Island, and is now known ...
Portuguese Captain John T. Gonsalves commanded the legendary whaling ship the Charles W. Morgan on its last whaling voyage out of New Bedford in 1920, but an encounter with a German U-boat during ...