Whaling ship Union (1793)

Date: 1793 to 1807
Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Description

Whaling ship..

Ship-rigged, size unknown, 1793, American.

Owner: Hussey, B. & Co.

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Summary of Whaling Voyages

Voyage	Depart	Port	Master	Destination	Note
1793-94	18 Aug 1793	Nantucket, MA	Grafton Gardner	Brazil	Logbook
1794-95	1794	Nantucket, MA	Grafton Gardner	Woolwich (Africa)
1795-96	31 Jul 1795	Nantucket, MA	Jonathan Barney	Brazil, Woolwich Bay
1796	1796	Nantucket, MA	Gardner	Brazil
1798	1798	Nantucket, MA	Grafton Gardner	Chile, Brazil
1801-02	1801	Nantucket, MA	Grafton Gardner	Brazil, Patagonia
1802-04	1802	Nantucket, MA	Reuben Chase	—
1804	1804	Nantucket, MA	Silas Swain	Brazil, Patagonia
1804	Nov 1804	Nantucket, MA	Folger	South Seas, Patagonia
1805-06	1805	Nantucket, MA	Silas Swain	Brazil, Patagonia
1806-07	Aug 1806	Nantucket, MA	Silas Swain	Brazil, Patagonia
1807	1807	Nantucket, MA	Silas Swain	Brazil
1807	19 Sep 1807	Nantucket, MA	Edmund Gardner	Brazil, Patagonia	Logbook, Ship sank

Notes : Ship struck by whale and sank, 8 Oct 1807. Crew survived.

References

• “The Whaling History”, database, New Bedford Whaling Museum, entry for vessel Union, WRI AS0663, https://whalinghistory.org/wri/AS0663 (accessed 18 May 2023).