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American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database

  • Voyages of Hero (Ship)
  •   Built: 1816 in Rochester, MA. Lost, Algoa Bay, 1861

    DepartureArrivalMasterHailing PortDestinationSpermWhaleBoneSource
    1816, Oct 1819, FebRussell, JamesNantucket, MA Pacific 2025 33 0*
    1819, Jul 1821, AugStarbuck, ObedNantucket, MA Pacific 1070 63 0*
    1819, Jul 1821, AugRussell, JamesNantucket, MA Pacific 1070 63 0*
    1822, Jan 1824, FebStarbuck, ObedNantucket, MA Pacific 2173 0 0*
    1824, Nov 1827, AprFitzgerald, NathanielNantucket, MA Pacific 2222 0 0*
    1827, Sep 1830, MayAlley, GeorgeNantucket, MA Pacific 2353 0 0*
    1830, Oct 1833, AprAlley, GeorgeNantucket, MA Pacific 2240 0 0*
    1833, Oct 1836, AugSmith, PeterNantucket, MA Pacific 1177 0 0*
    1837, Aug 1841, MayJoy, Reuben, Jr.Nantucket, MA Pacific 1992 0 0*
    1841, Sep 1846, FebChase, William S.Nantucket, MA Pacific 830 0 0*
    1846, Nov 1846, NovSwain, SylvanusNantucket, MA Pacific 0 0 0*
    1847, Apr 1851, JulSwain, SylvanusNantucket, MA Pacific 902 0 0*
    1851, Nov 1855, MayMcCleave, JosephNantucket, MA Pacific 810 23 8300*
    1856, Oct 1860, JulHolley, William Nantucket, MA Pacific 1150 250 0*
    1860, Sep 1861, Hussey, Edward B., Jr.Nantucket, MA Pacific 0 0 0*