Andrew Marvel (1812 ship)
Andrew Marvel (or Andrew Marvell) was launched at Hull in 1812. From 1812 to 1835 she was a Greenland whaler, hunting the right and the bowhead whale. Thereafter she became a merchantman. She foundered in September 1843 while on a voyage from Kingston-on-Hull to Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Name: | Andrew Marvel |
Namesake: | Andrew Marvell |
Builder: | Richardson, Hull[1] |
Launched: | 1812 |
Fate: | Foundered September 1843 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 377,[2] or 379[3](bm) |
Complement: | 41 (1821) |
Armament: | 8 × 9-pounder carronades[2] |
Greenland whaler
Andrew Marvell first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812 with T. Orton, master, Marshall, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait.[2]
The following data are from Coltish:[4]
Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil | Notes |
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1812 | Orton | 14 | 150 | ||
1813 | Orton | Davis Strait | 3 | 41 | |
1814 | Orton | Greenland | 11 | 164 | |
1815 | Orton | Davis Strait | 5 | 76 | |
1816 | Orton | Davis Strait | 17 | 241 | |
1817 | Orton | Davis Strait | 4 | 59 | |
1818 | Orton | Davis Strait | 5 | 73 | |
1819 | Orton | Davis Strait | 14 | 182 | Orton was whaling in the vicinity of South-East Bay, the southern end of Disko Bay. The weather was much severer than in 1818.[5] |
1820 | Orton | Davis Strait | 10 | 129 | |
1821 | Orton | Greenland | 18 | 216 | |
1822 | Orton | Davis Strait | 4 | 46 | |
1823 | Orton | Davis Strait | 27 | 230 | |
1824 | Blythe | Davis Strait | 10 | 150 | |
1825 | Hedon | Davis Strait | 11 | 120 | |
1826 | Silcock | Davis Strait | 9 | 134 | On 1 July 1826 Cicero was wrecked in the Davis Strait. Andrew Marvel rescued her crew.[6] |
1827 | Silcock | Davis Strait | 16 | 189 | |
1828 | Silcock | Davis Strait | 10 | 117 | |
1829 | Orton | Davis Strait | 8 | 104 | |
1830 | Orton | Davis Strait | 0 | 0 | |
1831 | Wright | Davis Strait | 4 | 55 | |
1832 | Wright | Davis Strait | 31 | 280 | |
1833 | Wright | Davis Strait | 36 | 285 | This was the greatest amount brought in by any Hull whaler between 1772 and 1852.[7] |
1834 | Wright | Davis Strait | 13 | 130 | |
1835 | Wright | Davis Strait | 2 | ||
1836 | Wright | Davis Strait | 0 | 0 | |
Merchantman
LR for 1836 showed Andrew Marvel with M. Wright, master, Hopwood, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait, changing to Hull–America. She had had a thorough repair in 1836.[3]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1840 | Chambers | Hopwood | Hull–Quebec | LR; large repair 1826 |
1843 | Chambers | Hopwood | Hull–Quebec | LR; large repair 1826 |
Fate
On 25 September 1843 Andrew Marvel was in a sinking state at 42°N 57°W when Lotus came on the scene and rescued the crew. Andrew Marvel had been sailing from Hull to Saint John.[8] LR for 1844 carried the annotation "Lost" by her name.[9]
Citations
- Lloyd's Register Foundation: Report of survey for Andrew Marvel, 10 December 1834 – accessed 21 May 2019.
- LR (1812), Supple. pages "A", Seq.№A47.
- LR (1836), Seq.№613.
- Coltish (c. 1842).
- "Davis's Straits." Times, 3 Nov. 1819, p. 3. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 22 May 2019.
- Lloyd's List №6152.
- Munroe (1854), p. 38.
- "Ship News." Times, 31 Oct. 1843, p. 7. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 21 May 2019.
- LR (1844), Seq.№A551.
References
- Coltish, William (c. 1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive.
- Munroe, Henry (1854). Statistics of the Northern Whale Fisheries, from the Year 1772 to 1852. Journal of the Statistical Society of London. 17. pp. 34–42.