Eleanor_1840

British Southern Voyage

WRI	BV028220
Vessel	Eleanor
Master	William Barnett
Departure	1840-10-12
Return (days)	1844-06-07 (1335)
Port (dock)	London (East India Dock)
Destination	Timor
East/ West	East
Owner (Agent)	R. H. Green & Co (Owner)
Cargo	400 casks
Sources	SST1; SST3;ATSUU; PPC
Reports	Reported 21 September 1841 at Africa to whaling 16 April 1841; reported at Ocean and Pleasant Island in May or June 1842; reported 29 November 1842 with 400 barrels; reported 11 July 1843 at Akaraoa out 16 months with 400 barrels 3 February 1842; at Pitcairn Island 26 January 1844 out 40 months with 1000 barrels
Notes	The Eleanor departed England for the third time in early October 1840 with William Barnett again in command. This time Barnett chose the eastern route to the Pacific, and Lloyds List recorded the Eleanor's destination as Timor. Once more, it is likely that experience and information gathered by the firm's other whaling ships was determining the practice of deploying the GW&G fleet. The Eleanor called at one of the ports at the bottom of Africa on its way to Timor, Lloyd's List records the vessel as, 'to whaling' from Africa, on 16 April 1841. If we compare the Eleanor's cruise with that of the Vigilant in 1831 we can see that this stay considerably delayed the vessel's arrival in Timorese waters. The Vigilant had sailed in 1831 at an almost identical time of the year as the Eleanor and made Java by late February, whaling with some success before reaching Timor. The Eleanor did eventually make Timor, but much later and when the vessel was spoken later in the year by the Offley, it had taken only 400 barrels. Where the Eleanor went then is unknown and the story is confused even more by the existence of a Sydney based whaler, also called the Eleanor. The next recorded sighting was at Pitcairn Island in the Pacific, in late January 1844, with 1,000 barrels of oil. The ship had obviously experienced bad luck, but where and when remains unknown. The Eleanor arrived in London, after having rounded the Horn, in late June 1844.

British Southern Vessel (1)
British Southern Crew (1)

	Vessel	Rig	Built	Date Built	Tonnage Old (New)
	Eleanor	Ship	Blackwall Yard	1833	399

	First	Last	Voyage	Depart	Birthplace	Age	Role	Last Served	Next Served	Seaman's Ticket
	William	Barnett	Eleanor_1840	1840			Master

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