Whaleship Alpha (1834)

Date: 1834 to 1872
Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Description

Whaling ship..

Ship-rigged, 345 (tons), built 1834, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.

Owners: Hadwen & Barney, George & William Starbuck, Edward W. Howland

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Summary of Whaling Voyages

Voyage	Depart	Port	Master	Destination	Note
1834-37	25 Jul 1834	Nantucket, MA	Frederick B. Chase	Pacific	1660 bbl oil
1838-41	1838	Nantucket, MA	Joseph Congdon	Pacific	2265 bbl
1842-45	1842	Nantucket, MA	John B. Rogers	Pacific	2432 bbl
1846-50	1846	Nantucket, MA	Joseph W. Folger	Pacific	1362 bbl, 3000 lbs baleen
1850-54	1850	Nantucket, MA	Joseph Congdon	Pacific	1627 bbl
1855-59	1855	Nantucket, MA	William H. Caswell	Pacific	1281 bbl
1860-65	1860	Nantucket, MA	William H. Caswell	Pacific	1000 bbl
1865-68	9 Dec 1865	New Bedford, MA	John Lawton	N. Pacific, Baja	1373 bbl, 19,790 lbs

Note: Sold and broken up in 1872

References

• “The Whaling History”, database, New Bedford Whaling Museum, entry for vessel Alpha, WRI AS0036, https://whalinghistory.org/?s=AS0036 (accessed Oct 2023).