Foxhound_1838

British Southern Voyage

WRIBV034270
VesselFoxhound
MasterCharles Stewart Blake / Black
Departure1838-01-12
Return (days)1841-01-05 (1090)
Port (dock)London
DestinationTimor
East/ WestEast
Owner (Agent)Birnie & Co. (W. Cannon)
Cargo1100 barrels [incomplete]
SourcesSST1; SST2; BT98 64/11620
ReportsAt Brava 24 February 1838, at Timor 14 December 1838; reported Sydney 11 January 1839 at Copang in September / October 1838 out 12 months with 350 barrels; reported 16 March 1839 with 350 barrels; at Cocos Isles 17 June 1839; at Copang 21 June 1839; reported 12 July 1839 out 12 months in the Gilolo Passage with 500 barrels; 20 September 1839 out 17 months with 750 barrels; at Ampanam 20 November 1839; reported 31 March 1840 at 31 S x 113 E with 1000 barrels 6 March 1840; spoken by the Eclipse off Copang 22 June 1840 out 29 Months with 1100b; reported 15 June 1841 at Timor 21 September 1840; reported 19 November 1840 at Timor with 1100 barrels; reported 4 January 1841 at St Helena 2 November 1840 with 1100 barrels
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 as both vessels were in the same general area.

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