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American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database

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Vessel #	Vessel Name	Date Built	Place Built	Fate
452	Mabel	1877	Bath, ME	Lost, Wainwright Inlet, Aug 10, 1885
2696	Mabel Bird
1826	Mac	1831	Thomaston, ME
1827	Macon	1827	New York, NY	Wrecked, Isle of France, Mauritius, Feb 22, 1844
1828	Magellan	1831	Stonington, CT	Cond at Pernambuco, 1840
1829	Magnet	1816	Kingston, MA	Cond at Callao, 1848
1830	Magnolia	1818	Berkley, MA
419	Magnolia	1825	Medford, MA	Cond and sold at Sydney, 1862
1831	Maine			Withdr, 1846
1832	Maine	1819	Kennebunk, ME	Lost, Columbia River, Aug 25, 1848
453	Majestic	1828	Thomaston, ME	Stone Fleet #2
1833	Malay	1818	Salem, MA	Lost, Mozambique Channel, July 27, 1842
470	Malta	1832	Belfast, ME	Cond and sold at Fayal, Aug 27, 1857
1834	Manchester Packet	1806	New York, NY	Wrecked and cond at Gambia, 1834
1835	Manhattan	1818	New York, NY	Merchant service, then sold foreign, 1849
1836	Manila			Capt by British, 1812
468	Manuel Ortiz	1849	Robbinston, ME	Sold to New York and foreign, 1861
1837	Manuella			Lost, lower Calif, 1871
1838	Manufactor
1839	Maracaybo	1833	Plymouth, MA	Wrecked Oct 19, 1846; abandoned Nov 9, 1846
455	Marcella	1826	Falmouth, MA	Cond and sold at St Helena, Oct 15, 1879
466	March	1829	Kingston, MA	Lost at sea, 1863
459	Marcia	1828	Bath, ME	Sold foreign, 1863
1840	Marcia	1839	Brookhaven, NY	Lost, Dominica, WI, Dec 29, 1856
1842	Marcus			Cond at Honolulu, Nov 14, 1850
1841	Marcus	1823	Duxbury, MA	Lost, Bering St, Sept, 1853
1843	Marengo
461	Marengo	1831	Medford, MA	Aband in the Arctic, Sept 5, 1876
1844	Margaret
1845	Margaret
1847	Margaret
1846	Margaret	1823	Portland, ME	Lost, Society Is, Feb 27, 1850
446	Margaret Scott	1826	Durham, NH	Cond as a slaver, Stone Fleet # 2
762	Margarett	1889	Essex, MA	Aband and scrapped at Brava, 1926
1848	Margaretta	1841	Machias, ME	Sold in California
1852	Maria
1853	Maria
1855	Maria			-
1856	Maria
1857	Maria
1858	Maria
231	Maria	1782	Pembroke, MA	Cond and sold at Talcahuano, Feb,1863 renamed Maria Pacheco
1850	Maria	1822	Haddam, CT	Cond and sold at Rio, Sept, 1854
1849	Maria Luiza
411	Maria Theresa	1807	New York, NY	Stone Fleet #1
1859	Marin
1860	Mariner	1832	Mattapoisett, MA	Cond at Paita, 1853; renamed Sophia Somontes
475	Marion	1855	New Bedford, MA	Sold foreign
1861	Maro	1816		Cond at Rio, Dec 20, 1828
1862	Marquis (of Granby)
1863	Mars
1864	Mars
2853	Mars			Seized by the Spanish at Valparaiso
456	Mars	1823	Newbury, MA	Withdr, 1894
1865	Marselo
1867	Martha		Hudson, NY	Sold 1847; slaving
1871	Martha
1873	Martha
401	Martha	1805	Scituate, MA	Condemned Bay of Islands, Nov 20, 1874
1868	Martha	1810	Pembroke, MA	Went to California; broken up at San Francisco
402	Martha	1816	Rochester, MA	Lost Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, June 1831
1869	Martha	1826	Medford, MA	Sold foreign, 1862
2852	Martha II	1816	Boston, MA	Burned by Shenandoah, June 28, 1865
1870	Martha II	1818	Dover, NH	Sold to Boston, 1860
1866	Martha Wrightington	1852	Somerset, MA	Sold at Talcahuano, 1871
1895	Mary			Aband, Pt. Belcher, Sept 14, 1871
1896	Mary
1897	Mary
1898	Mary
1900	Mary
1901	Mary			Withdr, 1822
1902	Mary
1903	Mary
2797	Mary
2798	Mary
2799	Mary
2800	Mary
780	Mary	1811	Scarborough, ME	Lost, Cape Blaco, W Africa, May 28, 1818
439	Mary	1820	Bath, ME	Lost, Ochotsk Sea, 1864
1899	Mary	1831	Rochester, MA	Sold to New York c. 1861
435	Mary and Helen	1879	Bath, ME	Sold to US gov, renamed Rodgers; burned Siberia, Nov 30, 1881
1874	Mary and Helen II	1882	Bath, ME	Destr by fire at SF 1882; rebuilt, renamed Beluga
469	Mary and Martha	1834	Westbrook, ME	Cond and broken up 1855, Buenos Aires
1875	Mary and Susan
481	Mary and Susan	1857	New Bedford, MA	Lost off Pt. Barrow, Aug 3, 1888
1877	Mary Ann			Taken by British, 1813
1879	Mary Ann
415	Mary Ann	1804	Columbia, ME	Wrecked, Gay Head, Martha's Vinyard, MA, June, 1831
1878	Mary Ann	1810	New London, CT	Withdr, 1822
416	Mary Ann	1824	Mattapoisett, MA	Aband at sea, Sept 29, 1835
1876	Mary Ann	1838	Fairhaven, MA	Sold to Quebec, 1864
417	Mary Ann	1846	Philadelphia, PA	Sold to New York, 1863
1880	Mary Chilton	1867	Duxbury, MA
1881	Mary D. Hume	1881	Ellenburg, OR	Converted to a tug
1882	Mary D. Leach	1867	Duxbury, MA	Withdr, 1870
1883	Mary E. Higgins	1870	Bath, ME
1884	Mary E. Nason	1864	Essex, MA	Withdr, 1871
427	Mary E. Simmons	1864	Essex, MA	Sold foreign, 1911
1885	Mary Frances	1838	New York, NY	Withdr 1861;sold foreign 1862
457	Mary Frazier	1832	Newbury, MA	Aband off Flores, burned May 28, 1889
1886	Mary G. Curren	1864	Essex, MA	Lost with all hands in No Atl, Aug 20, 1887
1887	Mary Gardiner	1851	Sag Harbor, NY	withdr 1861; blockade runner under British flag
1888	Mary H. Thomas	1885	Essex, MA
1889	Mary Helen			Withdr for trading
1890	Mary Jane
1891	Mary L. Sutton
1893	Mary Mitchell	1827	Mattapoisett, MA	Wrecked Bering Sea, July, 1851
1894	Mary Powell	1848	Bellville, NJ	Lost at Hurd's Island Oct 21, 1859
471	Mary Wilder	1848	Pittston, ME	Sold to New York, 1864
237	Mary(s)	1831	Hanover, MA	Lost, Juan Fernandez, 1833
1904	Maryland
409	Maryland	1807	Newbury, MA	Cond at Chile, 1836
1905	Mason's Daughter			Cond at Port Royal, Mar, 1822
2689	Massachusetts	1805	Salisbury, MA	Voyage from Havre
444	Massachusetts	1836	New Bedford, MA	Aband near Pt Belcher, Sept 14, 1871
1906	Massachusetts	1841	Mattapoisett, MA	Lost, Scammon’s Lagoon, Jan 17, 1871
1907	Massasoit	1825	Plymouth, MA	Sold to Boston, 1862
1908	Matilda Sears	1856	South Dartmouth, MA	Sold at Talcahuano, Mar 11, 1882
483	Mattapoisett	1836	Mattapoisett, MA
474	Matthew Luce	1854	Mattapoisett, MA	Sold to Boston for China Trade, 1865
1909	May Flower
1910	Mayflower
418	Mayflower	1821	Berkley, MA	Broken up, San Francisco, c. 1861
1911	McDonough
1912	McDonough	1826	Glastonbury, CT
1913	McLellan	1825	Bath, ME	Crushed by ice, Davis Sts, June 20, 1852
1915	Mechanic	1834	Newport, RI	Stone Fleet #2
1914	Mechanic	1846	Stonington, CT
1917	Medford	1844	Medford, MA	Sold, 1860
1918	Medina
1920	Memnon	1852	Newburyport, MA	Burned at Paita, Oct 1854
462	Menkar	1841	Newport, RI	Wrecked and cond at Hobart, Mar, 1858
1922	Menschikoff			Withdr, 1872
414	Mentor	1807	Salem, MA	Lost Pelew Is, May 21, 1832
1923	Mentor	1810	New York, NY	Withdr for California
404	Mentor	1821	Fairhaven, MA	Capsized June 17, 1831 in N Atlantic
408	Mercator	1805	Westport, MA	Cond at Paita, 1856
1924	Mercury			Capt by British frigate 1776
1926	Mercury	1785	Providence, RI
2851	Mercury	1792	Cohasset, MA	Sold to boston, 1795
1925	Mercury	1806	Middleborough, MA	Lost, capsized at sea, June 21, 1843
1927	Mercury	1818	Medford, MA	Burned at Honolulu, Nov 9, 1849
412	Mercury	1822	Rochester, MA	Lost in the Arctic, Oct 24, 1879
1928	Mercy Taylor	1847	Bridgeport, CT	Sold to New York, 1871
1929	Meridian	1828	Mattapoisett, MA	Lost in hurricane, Fiji Is, Dec 1836
1930	Meridian	1835	Rochester, MA	Withdr, 1842
479	Merlin	1856	Mattapoisett, MA	Lost, May 22, 1883
1931	Mermaid
1932	Mermaid
1933	Mermaid
704	Mermaid	1855	Westport, MA	Lost, Dutch Harbor, Oct, 1899
1934	Mermaid	1860	East Boston, MA	Cond and sold at New Orleans
1935	Merrimack	1833	Newburyport, MA	Cond at Honolulu, Dec, 1858
741	Messenger	1805	Salem, MA	Sold foreign, 1864
1936	Messenger	1834	Duxbury, MA	Stone Fleet #2
450	Metacom	1836	Bristol, RI	Lost, E Samoa, Dec 29, 1860
1937	Meteor	1819	Newbury, MA	Stone Fleet #1
1938	Metropolis
2821	Metropolis
464	Mexican	1833	Norwich, CT	Lost off Tonga, Sept 27, 1850
1939	Mexico	1826	Newport, RI	Cond at St Thomas, Mar 25, 1854
473	Miantonomi	1849	Bay River, NC	Lost, Ascension Is, Nov 18, 1854
1940	Miantonomoh	1800	Thames River, below Norwich, CT	Seized by Spanish, cond at Valparaiso, 1802
405	Midas	1810	New Bedford, MA	Cond and sold at Flores, Oct 1878
1941	Middleborough
1942	Miles	1825	Swansea, MA	Cond at Mozambique Sept, 1841
476	Millinoket	1839	Hampden, ME
400	Milo	1811	Newburyport, MA	Sold out, 1872
1943	Milton			Withdr 1846
420	Milton	1815	Milton, MA	Cond and sold at Panama, July 1889
403	Milwood	1806	Queen’s County, NY	Lost Cumberland Inlet, Nov 13, 1871
1944	Minerva
1946	Minerva			Capt by British, 1775, voy from London, turned pirate, 1805
1947	Minerva
1948	Minerva			Broken up at Nant, 1819
1956	Minerva
1945	Minerva	1786	Newburyport, MA
1954	Minerva	1795	Orient, NY
2872	Minerva	1798	Haverhill, MA	Condemned Mar 1805
1950	Minerva	1806	Beaufort, NC
422	Minerva	1815	Haddam, CT	Sold in California
407	Minerva	1816	Charlestown, MA	Withdr 1860
424	Minerva II	1833	Duxbury, MA	Wrecked off Pemba Is, Zanzibar
410	Minerva Smyth	1809	Philadelphia, PA	Broken up, 1870
1957	Minnesota	1849	Philadelphia, PA	Cond at Seychelles, 1882
413	Missouri	1807	Matthews County, VA	Sold abroad, 1827
442	Mobile	1825	New York, NY	Lost at sea, Sept 23, 1848
448	Moctezuma	1835	New York, NY	Sold to New York, 1862
1958	Mogul	1823	Medford, MA	Broken up 1858
1959	Mohawk	1850	Medford, MA	Sold to New York, 1863
1960	Money Hill			Supposed lost at sea
1963	Monmouth
1962	Monmouth	1825	Charlestown, MA	Sold at Valparaiso, 1862
460	Monongahela	1828	Philadelphia, PA	Lost near Atka Is, Alaska, Fall 1853
1964	Montague
1965	Montano	1822	New York, NY	Sold in Calif; broken up at San Francisco
1966	Montauk			Sold to Boston, 1860, became a slaver, was taken
1967	Monterey			Sold at Talcahuano
1968	Monterey	1887	San Francisco, CA
1969	Montezuma
1970	Montezuma			Stone Fleet #2
463	Montezuma	1838	Frankfort, ME	Lost in Gulf Stream, 1859
1971	Montezuma	1845	East Boston, MA	Withdr, 1874
1972	Montgomery
1973	Montgomery
1974	Montgomery	1842	Swansea, MA	Lost, Sept 16, 1848
472	Montgomery	1845	Baltimore, MD	Sold to NY 1862; sold foreign, 1863
1975	Monticello
1977	Monticello			Capt by Albion Dec 7, 1813
1978	Monticello	1841	Rochester, MA	Aband near Pt Belcher, Sept 13, 1871
421	Montpelier	1829	Falmouth, ME	Cond at Honolulu, Mar 5, 1857
467	Montreal	1833	New York, NY	Sold to NY and NZ, renamed City of Newcastle
458	Morea	1827	Charlestown, MA	Cond at Honolulu, Nov 13, 1859
480	Morning Light	1856	South Dartmouth, MA	Sold to Boston, 1862
1980	Morning Star
1981	Morning Star
478	Morning Star	1853	South Dartmouth, MA	Sold for a coal barge, 1914
1591	Morning Star/Herman	1884	Bath, ME	Name changed from Morning Star to Herman in 1904; sold foreign
1983	Moro Castle	1833	Stamford, CT	Cond at Rio, Dec, 1842
1984	Morrison	1832	Kensington, PA
362	Moss	1822	Kensington, PA	Condemned at Valparaiso, Mar, 1845
1985	Mount Hope			Capt and burned by British, July 9, 1812
437	Mount Vernon	1820	Newbury, MA	Sank Ochotsk Sea, June 15, 1856
1986	Mount Vernon	1832	Mattapoisett, MA	Sold to Mattapoisett for California
465	Mount Wollaston	1822	Quincy, MA	Frozen in ice, destroyed, in Arctic, 1879
1987	Mountain King	1848	Essex, MA
1988	Mountain Spring	1851	Ipswich, MA	Capsized Cintra Bay, Port, 1855
1989	Myra			Cond at Barbados, Dec 14, 1874
1990	Myriad
763	Mystic	1908	Mystic, CT