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American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database

     Index by Vessel Name:  Z


Vessel #   Vessel NameDate BuiltPlace BuiltFate
944B. ColcordSold to Talcahuano.
945B. F. Brown
946B. F. Sparks1853Essex, MaWrecked off Gay Head, 1869
947Badger
64Balaena1818New Bedford, MACondemned as a slaver; sold at auction in NY
949Balaena1883San Francisco, CALost, St. Lawrence I, May, 1901
950Balance
951Baltic1822New York, NYWrecked, Behring I, June 15, 1846
73Baltic1843Warren, RIWithdr, 1859; lost, 1859
952Baltic1847Essex, MA
953Baltimore
955BarbaraCondemned at Valparaiso, Jan 1846
954Barbara Hernster
67Barclay1793New Bedford, MAWithdr and broken up, at NB, 1859
956Barclay1819Rochester, MACondemned at Tahiti, 1856
957Barclay1828Hanover, MALost, Cape Antonio, Mar, 1856
718Barnstable1840Boston, MASold to New York for merchant service, 1864
72Bartholomew Gosnold1832Falmouth, MAConverted to coal barge, burned, 1894
958Bayard1819New York, NY
959BeaverHudson, NY
960Beaver
720Beaver
961Beaver1791Pembroke, MA
721Bedford1772Pembroke, MA
2869Bedford1793Scituate, MA
963Belle1844Mattapoisett, MASold for mer serv, 1862; foreign, 1863
964Belle1852Warren, RINew York, 1859
962Belle Ville
965Bellisle1838Cohasset, MARun down by steamship William Penn and sunk, 1851
966Beluga1882Bath, MESunk by German sub, July, 1917
707Belvedere1880Bath, MECrushed in ice, 1919
967Belvidere
724Benezet1818Troy (Fall River), MALost, Feejee Is, Aug, 1842
968Bengal1816Salem, MARebuilt in 1856, named North West
973BenjaminSalisbury, MA
75Benjamin Cummings1854South Dartmouth, MALost on the island of Fogo, Dec 20, 1875.
716Benjamin Franklin1838Pembroke, MALost Zanzibar, Sep 1867.
970Benjamin Morgan1826Philadelphia, PA
971Benjamin Rush1814Philadelphia, PASold to Honolulu, 1860
972Benjamin T. Crocker1865Kennebunkport, MEWithdrawn 1868.
63Benjamin Tucker1839Rochester, MACapt and burned by Alabama
440Bertha1877New Bedford, MA
751Bertha D. Nickerson1883Boothbay, ME
719Betsey
980Betsey
981Betsey
976BetseySurrendered her license in 1795.
977Betsey
978Betsey
2789Betsey
2790Betsey1784Georgetown, ME
979Betsey1810Beaufort, NCLost Straits of Magellan, Jan 1845.
975Betsey Ann
74Betsey Williams1846Stonington, CTWithdrawn in 1858 for guano trade; sold in 1861 to New York.
2665Betsy and Jane
982Betsy or Betsey
983Betty and Ruth
984Beulah
985Beverly
77Bevis1834Cohasset, MALost, Pt Mangle, New Grenada, July 20, 1857
986Bingham1804Philadelphia, PAWithdr for California, 1848
988Black Diamond
78Black Eagle1851Sag Harbor, NYSold to New Bedford, 1859; to Beverly for freighting, 1873
987Black Warrior1825Duxbury, MASold in Honolulu, Dec, 1854
989Blackstone1827Somerset, MACond at Cape Town, 1846
990Blakely
991Bloomer1851Essex, MA
992Bluebell
65Bogota1828Stonington, CTWrecked 1843 off coast of Africa
993BohioSold in Callao, January 1872.
994Bolton1833Hampden, MESold to Boston, 1849
995Bonanza1875San Francisco, CALost, Kay Pt, Arctic O, Aug 23, 1905
996BoniffLost St. Michael's, Sep 1817.
998Boston
1000Boston
999Boston1810Charlestown, MACondemned in Bay of Islands.
997Boston Packet
79Bounding Billow1854Chelsea, MAAbandoned, California City
722Bourbon1818Portland, MEBroken up, 1843
1001Bowditch1823Newbury, MASold to Honolulu, 1859
1002Bowhead1882San Francisco, CALost in the Arctic, Aug, 1884
1003Bowhead II1871Norway, ex HaardraadeBurned, 1915
1004Boy1822Warren, RISold to Bristol for Cuba trade, 1852, to Boston, 1853, foreign, 1856
69Braganza1813New York, NYCond at Honolulu, 1862; refitted for whaling under Oldenburg flag
70Bramin1816Duxbury, MALost in the Arctic, Sept 25, 1852
66Brandt1815Athens, NYLost, Galapagos Is, 1853
1005Brazil
1006Breakwater1828Stonington, CT
717Brewster1843Cohasset, MALost at sea, 1868
68Brighton1824New York, NYCondemned at Sydney, May, 1859
2666Brilliant
1007Brilliant1826Duxbury, MALost, Poverty Bay, NZ, 1839
1008Bristol
1009BritanniaWrecked on Pickard's Rocks going out 1818.
1010Brittania
1011Brookline1831Medford, MASold to Buenos Aires, broken up there, c. 1861
1012BrothersNantucket, MACondemned in Rio Janeiro in 1824.
1013Bruce1826Kingston, MAWrecked and cond at Zanzibar, June, 1856
1014Brunette1826Alna, MEBlown up by Col. Colt with a torpedo of his invention
71Brunswick1827Brunswick, MEDamaged by ice: burned by Shenandoah in Behring St, June, 1865
725Brutus1845New York, NYBurned, 1864
1015By Chance1823New Bedford, MACond at Payta, Aug, 1835
76Byron1824Scituate, MAWithdr and sold to New Bedford, 1855