Harpooner (1830 ship)
British merchantman and whaler 1831ā1856 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see Harpooner (ship).
Harpooner was a barque launched in London in 1830 by Green, Wigram's & Green, at Blackwall. Between 1830 and 1848 she made four voyages to the British southern whale fishery as a whaler. Her voyages resulted in two precedent-setting court cases. The Hudson's Bay Company chartered her from 1848 to 1850 to carry labourers for the settlement on Vancouver Island. In August 1856, she was sailing from Amoy to Ningbo, China when she struck a sunken rock near Ningbo, and was damaged. She was consequently condemned.
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Whaler Harpooner (c.1830); Science Museum, London; unknown artist | |
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Name | Harpooner |
Owner |
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Builder | Green, Wigram's & Green, Blackwall Yard |
Launched | 26 July 1830 |
Fate | Wrecked August 1856 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 398,[2] or 405, or 40520ā94 (bm) |
Length | 114 ft 6 in (34.9 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 11 in (8.5 m) |
Sail plan | Barque |
Complement | 32 |
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