L'Aigle_1822

British Southern Voyage

WRIBV050620
VesselL'Aigle
MasterValentine Starbuck
Departure1822-01-05
Return (days)1824-05-24 (873)
Port (dock)London
DestinationSandwich Islands / Japans
East/ WestWest
Owner (Agent)Almon Hill, Limehouse, ship builder; John Boulcott Junior, Water Lane, broker; James Hill, Limehouse, ship builder
Cargo550 casks [2000 barrels = 60 whales = 275 tons oil]
SourcesSST1; SST2; SST3; HNL; LOG NMM MRF/77; WP
ReportsSighted St Antonio in Cape Verde Islands 12 February 1822; saw right whales at Lat 41:06S on 29 March 1822; saw right whales at Lat 55:16S on 8 April 1822; sighted Chilli 29 April 1822; at Charles Island 5 May 1822 in company with the Spring Grove; anchored at Payta 15 - 23 May 1822; anchored at Charles Island 30 May 1822; caught in a hurricane 22 June 1822 at Lat 15:33N Long 111:13W losing all boats; anchored at Wahoo 21 July 1822; sailed for Fanning Island 2 August 1822; took aboard passengers at Fannings Island [Tabuaeran] for Wahoo; at Wahoo [Oahu] 22 September 1822; reported at Maui 29 December 1822; reported sailing for the Japan Grounds late January 1823; saw many right whales 27 March 1823 at Lat 33:50N Long 168E; steering for Wahoo 18 August 1823 from the Coast of Japan crew with scurvy Lat 37:47N; made Wahoo 30 September 1823; reported at Oahu 1 October to 8 November 1823 with 2000 barrels full [log of the L'Aigle]; advised 11 November 1823 King of Hawaii will travel to England on board the vessel; made Diego ramirez 21 january 1824 in Lat56:40S Long 67:16W; reported at Rio 16 February 1824
NotesThe cruise of L'Aigle is documented in a privately held journal kept by a member of the ship's company named John Rose. Following a number of weeks at the Sandwich Islands at the end of the cruise the vessel returned to London with King Kamehameha II of Hawaii and Queen Kamāmalu, sailing on 27 November 1823. The royal party were scheduled to meet King George IV on 21 June 1824 but fell ill with measles and died before they could meet him. The vessel's owners dismissed Starbuck after the voyage and sued him for having cut his whaling voyage short to bring the Hawaiians to England.

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