Foxhound_1830

British Southern Voyage

WRIBV034250
VesselFoxhound
MasterS. Emmett
Departure1830-06-05
Return (days)1833-09-26 (1210)
Port (dock)London
DestinationPacific Ocean
Owner (Agent)Birnie & Co.
Cargo1600 barrels [incomplete]
SourcesSST1; SST2; TAH
ReportsAt Tahiti March / April 1831; reported 17 August 1832 left Tahiti 24 March 1832 for the coast of Japan; reported 6 September 1833 at the Bay of Islands 9 February 1833 with 1600 barrels; at Tahiti 13 May 1833
NotesA painting of the Foxhound in company with the Bengal of Salem 'on the South Pacific Whaling Grounds c. 1833' is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. However a Log of the Bengal for its 1832 to 1835 voyage does not appear to record speaking the Foxhound. It is more likely the encounter was in 1838.

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