Beaver
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My great uncle Mac Buchanan-Dick was 3rd engineer on the whaler Beaver out of Beira some time during March 1924. Can you suggest any web sites I could access to get more information? I have tried some South African web sites but I have had no luck as yet.
Any ideas?
Contact Carol Grant at Carol.Grant3@btinternet.com
Looking for information on the Comet, sailing out of Hull in 1831. Any leads will be appreciated.
Contact Candace at CandaceRN7@aol.com
i would like any info;on ship niger.crew,ports it sail out of, i have a scrimshaw,that has a whaling ship niger, cape stiff, on both sides, trying to resreach it to see if i can find anything on it or who sail it.
Contact Shirley Shelton at sosshelton@aol.com
1. - History of the American Whale Fishery, better known as Starbucks shows the ship Niger. A Ship of 412 tons captained by Jacob L Cleaveland owned or managed by William Howland. She sailed from New Bedford May 29,1866 for the North Pacific, returnihg May 12, 1870. Captained by Charles Grant owned or managed by Taber, Gorden & Co. She sailed November 10, 1870 from New Bedford and returning Augest 10, 1874. May 7, 1872, C.W. Swain, second mate drowned while fast to a whale.
Captained by Thomas A. Hallett, owned or managed by Taber, Gorden & co. She sailed October 17, 1874 from New Bedford, still at sea 1877.
2. - The same book also shows a 437-ton whaling ship called Niger being built in 1844 at Mattapoisett. She sailed from New Bedford in 1844, 1848, 1852, 1856 and 1861. And Cape Stiff is the nickname for Cape Horn - see
http://www.bobwebb.net/capehorn.html for an excellent explanation of the name's sailing-ship origin.
My Great Grandfather from Shetland in 1858 served on the whaling ship "The Queen". Does anyone have any information on this ship or a photo of her?
Contact Chris Jameson at chrisjameson@lineone.net
The "Queen" was a Peterhead vessel commanded by Capt. John Gray Jr. from 1852 to 1861. What little information I have, comes from an old newspaper, the Peterhead Sentinel.All the voyages seem to be to Greenland and in 1858 she took no whales but 1242 seals giving 13 tons of oil. You could try the Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead for more information.