Foxhound_1834

British Southern Voyage

WRIBV034260
VesselFoxhound
MasterGrey
Departure1834-05-28
Return (days)1837-08-24 (1185)
Port (dock)London
DestinationJapans
Owner (Agent)Birnie & Co.
Cargo1800 barrels [full]
SourcesSST1; SST2
ReportsReported 15 May 1835 with 300 barrels; reported 2 February 1836 at Guam out 11 months with 600 barrels; reported 7 March 1837 at Guam with 1600 barrels 15 August 1836; reported 15 August 1837 at 35 S x 21 E to London
NotesA scrimshaw tooth detailing events on this voyage and showing the ship auctioned: https://www.invaluable.com/auction,lot/o,an,historically,interesting,silver,mounted,scri,155,c,5e04f34ba2. Details from the auction records: SILVER,MOUNTED SCRIMSHAW DECORATED SWEETHEART PRESENTATION WHALE'S TOOTH, CIRCA 1837, the obverse incised with profile of a sailing ship, the reverse with inscription reading. The tooth taken from the jaw of a Sperm Whale captured by the bow boat of the ship Foxhound presented by Alexander Munro to Sophia Knight Septr. 30th 1837 with scalloped silver base and rim mounts hallmarked for Benjamin Smith III London, 1837 ,, 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high; 435g, Originally built as the corvette Le Basque at Bayonne, and launched in February 1809 the vessel displaced 347 tons ... captured by H.M.S. Druid on her maiden voyage to Guadeloupe and renamed Foxhound ... sold from the service in early 1816 for £800. Refitted as a whaler, she conducted eleven successful voyages for Birnie & Co. and later Wilson & Co. and disappears from the lists from 1849.

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