Whaleship Three Brothers (1833)

Date: 1833 to 1877
Location: Whaling
Surnames/tags: Nantucket Whalers

Description

Whaling ship..

Bark/Ship-rigged, 384/404/357 (tons), built 1833, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.

Owners: Joseph Starbuck, Matthew Starbuck, G & M Starbuck & Co., George & William Starbuck, Charles R. Tucker & Co., Ivory H. Bartlett & Sons.

Summary of Whaling Voyages

Voyage	Depart	Port	Master	Destination	Note
1833-36	1833	Nantucket, MA	George Alley	Pacific	2212 bbl oil
1837-41	1837	Nantucket, MA	Henry Phelon, Jr	Pacific	2719 bbl
1841-45	9 Jul 1841	Nantucket, MA	Joseph Mitchell II	Pacific	2150 bbl
1846-51	1846	Nantucket, MA	Joseph Mitchell II	Pacific	1500 bbl
1851-54	1851	Nantucket, MA	Joseph S Adams	Pacific	3454 bbl oil/26300 lbs baleen
1854-59	1854	Nantucket, MA	Charles E Cleaveland	Pacific	6179 bbl/31000 lbs
1859-65	1859	Nantucket, MA	Calvin Swain	Pacific	1175 bbl
1865-69	22 Dec 1865	New Bedford, MA	Jacob Taber, Robert Gifford	Pacific	4496 bbl/69911 lbs
1869-73	11 Oct 1869	New Bedford, MA	James M Witherell	Pacific	1569 bbl
1875-77	12 Oct 1875	New Bedford, MA	Leander C. Owen	Pacific	2243 bbl/12000 lbs

Note :Lost in the Arctic, 1877.

References

• “The Whaling History”, database, New Bedford Whaling Museum, entry for vessel Three Brothers, WRI AS0662, https://whalinghistory.org/wri/AS0662 (accessed 18 Aug 2023).