Warren was launched at Swansea, Massachusetts, in 1829. She made six complete voyages as a whaler operating from Warren, Rhode Island, before she burned in the Anadir Sea on 10 July 1852 on her seventh whaling voyage.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Warren |
| Namesake | Warren, Rhode Island |
| Builder | Swansea, Massachusetts[1] |
| Launched | 1829 |
| Fate | Burned 10 July 1852 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 383[1] (bm) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
Career edit
1st whaling voyage (1830–1834): Captain William Mayhew, Jr., sailed from Warren on or about 8 November 1830, bound for the Pacific.[1] On 21 June 1832 Warren rescued the crew of the British brig Science off Cape Horn, Chile. Science had been sailing from Van Diemen's Land to England when heavy seas at 56°S 125°W / 56°S 125°W had so damaged her that her crew had been forced to abandon her.[2][3][4][5] Warren returned to Warren on 7 May 1834 with 2300 barrels of whale oil.[1]
2nd whaling voyage (1834–1837): Captain Mayhew sailed on 28 September 1834, bound for the Pacific. He returned to Warren in 1837 with some 1000 barrels of sperm oil and 2000 barrels of whale oil.[1]
3rd whaling voyage (1834–1837): Captain George W. Lewis or Captain Benjamin Russel sailed Warren from Warren on 9 July 1837, bound for New Zealand. Warren returned home on 16 January 1840 with 235 barrels of sperm oil and 3065 barrels of whale oil.[1]
4th whaling voyage (1840–1843): Captain Henry Cleveland sailed from Warren on 26 August 1840, bound for the Pacific. Warren returned home 6 April 1843 with some 600 barrels of sperm oil, 3400 barrels of whale oil, and 33,000 pounds of whale bone.[1]
5th whaling voyage (1843–1846): Captain Benjamin A. Gardner sailed on 4 August 1843, bound for the Pacific. Warren returned home on 9 June 1846 with 30 barrels of sperm oil, 2100 barrels of whale oil, and 3000 pounds of whalebone.[1]
6th whaling voyage (1847–1851): Captain Charles T. Evans sailed on 29 November 1847, bound for the NW coast. Warren returned on 8 May 1851 with 168 barrels of sperm oil, 2789 barrels of whale oil, and 29,100 pounds of whalebone.[1]
Fate edit
Captain Nathan B. Heath sailed from Warren on 19 November 1851, bound for the North Pacific.[1]
Warren was in the Gulf of Anadyr when she caught fire, burned to the water line, and exploded.[6] This occurred either on 4 July 1852,[6] or 10 July.[1] Captain Heath and his crew ended up on the whaler California.[a]
Notes edit
- ^ California had been launched at New Bedford in 1842. Between 1842 and when she was broken up at San Francisco in 1906 she made over 20 whaling voyages.
Citations edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k American Offshore Whaling: Voyages – Warren.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 14983. London. 15 October 1832. col A, p. 4.
- ^ "From Lloyd's List - Oct. 16". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17354. 20 October 1832.
- ^ "HOBART TOWN EXTRACTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 February 1833.
- ^ "The Bark Science". The Hobart Town Courier. Hobart. 1 January 1836. pp. 2–3.
- ^ a b Bockstoce (2006), p. 58.
References edit
- Bockstoce, John R. (2006). "Nineteenth century commercial shipping losses in the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Beaufort Sea". The Northern Mariner. 16 (2): 53–68. doi:10.25071/2561-5467.395. S2CID 247460066.