Lord Wellington (1810 Hull ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Lord Wellington (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameLord Wellington
NamesakeArthur 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.

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]

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[a] 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[b]
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]

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. ^ a b c d LR (1810), Supple.pages "L", Seq.№L36.
  2. ^ a b RS (1832), №548.
  3. ^ a b Barron (1895), p. 204.
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Lubbock (1937), pp. 298–299.

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