Timor_1819

British Southern Voyage

WRIBV086820
VesselTimor
MasterJohn T. Parker
Departure1819-02-27
Return (days)1820-02-08 (347)
Port (dock)London
DestinationWalvis Bay (Walvis Bay)
East/ WestAtlantic
Owner (Agent)William & Daniel Bennett
CargoFull ship (34 right whales)
SourcesSST1; SST2; LOG; StH
ReportsAt St Helena 17 December 1819 from the south sea departed 24 December for London carrying the Governor's despatches
NotesA log of the Voyage by Edward P. Stacy, Boatsteerer , Remarks & Occurrences on Board the Timor of London on a Voyage to the Southern Whale Fishery. John T. Parker Commander. 1819,20. Folio (ca. 32,5x21 cm). Log of 100 pages of manuscript entries in a legible hand in brown ink on beige laid paper. The Timor laid anchor at Maio Island (Cape Verde), Angra Pequena and Walvis Bay on the outbound voyage and in St. Helena (with excursions towards Tristan da Cunha in search of whales) on the homeward voyage. During the voyage the crew caught thirty,four whales, mostly right whales with an occasional humpback?, and stowed hundreds of barrels of oil. She employed three boats, with two in reserve (which frequently joined the hunt), and caught most of her whales working out of Angra Pequena and Walvis Bays, off the coast of what is now Namibia. She also fished for a time with the English whale ship 'Emma' including a strange agreement between the two ships during the first two weeks in June not to lower for a whale unless she had a calf with her. At one point the two ships got in a dispute over a whale, and the 'Emma' departed about a month later, with 'a full ship.'

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