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Fall River (Mass) Crew Lists

During whaling's hey day the Port of Fall River sent out 87 whaling voyages. Crew lists for the majority of those voyages can be found at the NARA branch in Waltham, Massachusetts, transcripts of which are linked to below. The names of masters for voyages without crew lists, and a few other miscellaneous notes, have also been added. The voyages are listed alphabetically by vessel, and then by year of departure.

A. Houghton, bark of Fall River

• 1853 June 27 - 1857 February 14 - Atlantic, elsewhere
• 1857 July 7 - 1861 May 27 - Atlantic, Pacific

Aerial, bark of Fall River

• 1851 May 12 - 1852 June 1 - Atlantic, Indian
• 1852 July 13 - 1853 September 12 - Atlantic
• 1853 December 13 - 1856 Novemer 4 - Atlantic, Indian

Amstel, Brig of Tiverton

• 1821 - 1822 -
• 1822 - 1823 -

Ann Maria, bark of Fall River

• 1840 May 11 - 1840 May 30 - Indian
• 1840 May 11 - 1841 May 11 - Indian
• 1841 August 9 - 1842 December 10 - South Atlantic
• 1843 June 11 - 1845 March 30 - Indian
• 1845 May 30 - 1846 L - Indian

Ann Maria, brig of Fall River

• 1836 August 18 - 1837 October 23 - North Atlantic
• 1837 December 7 - 1838 July 25 - North Atlantic
• 1838 August 20 - 1839 October 24 - South Atlantic

Benjamin Franklin, bark of Fall River

• 1856 November 28 - 1858 June 19 -
• 1858 November 18 - 1860 September 24 - Atlantic
• 1860 Novemder 20 - 1862 October 3 -

Caravan, ship of Fall River

• 1845 November 11 - 1849 May 5 - Pacific
• 1849 November 3 - 1852 May 11 - Pacific
• 1852 September 22 - 1856 April 14 - North Pacific

Caravan, ship of Fall River or New Bedford

• 1856 August 25 - 1860 C - North Pacific

D. M. Hall, bark of Fall River

• 1852 June 8 - 1852 September 5 - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
• 1852 October 27 - 1853 September 5 - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
• 1853 October 7 - 1855 sold at Papeete - Atlantic, Indian

Edward Quesnel, ship of Fall River

• 1832 September 16 - 1835 November 13 - Pacific
• 1836 June 16 - 1839 L May 15 - South Seas, Pacific

Elizabeth, bark of Freetown

• 1841 November 11 - 1844 February 27 -
• 1844 July 14 - 1846B February at Feejees - Indian

Ganges, ship of Fall River

• 1839 November 9 - 1840 B April in Talcahuano - South Pacific
• 1839 September 23 - 1839 October 19 - Pacific

Gold Hunter, ship of Fall River

• 1832 June 23 - 1833 May 11 -
• 1833 July 7 - 1835 March 6 - South Atlantic
• 1835 June 6 - 1837 April 7 - South Atlantic
• 1837 August 4 - 1839 April 10 - Pacific
• 1839 June 5 - 1840 September 11 -
• 1841 May 22 - 1843 July 13 - South Atlantic
• 1843 October 31 - 1846 May 4 - Pacific
• 1846 October 24 - 1849 April 9 - Atlantic, elsewhere

Harriet, bark of Freetown

• 1844 July 11 - 1848 C August -

Holder Borden, ship of Fall River

• 1842 November 10 - 1844 L April 13 - Pacific

Jane, bark of Somerset

• 1841 September 16 - 1843 April 22 - South Atlantic
• 1843 July 11 - 1845 C at Valparaiso in March - South Atlantic and elsewhere

Leonidas, brig of Fall River

• 1841 May 4 - 1842 May 2 - Atlantic
• 1842 June 22 - 1843 August -
• 1843 November 7 - 1845 June 6 -
• 1845 August 18 - 1847 April 2 - NW Coast
• 1847 November 5 - 1850 May 10 - Indian

Otranto, bark of Fall River

• 1841 Sept 16 - 1842, June 10 -

Panama, ship of Fall River

• 1839 December 19 - 1841 September 11 - North Atlantic
• 1841 November 21 - 1841 December 20 - North Atlantic
• 1842 April 11 - 1844 L August 10 - North Atlantic

Pantheon, bark of Fall River

• 1835 September 13 - 1839 May 4 - Pacific
• 1839 August 7 - 1842, July 12 -
• 1842 Nov 25 - 1845, May 25 -
• 1845 October 25 - 1849 April 28 - Pacific
• 1845 September 6 - 1845 September 25 - Pacific

Pilgrim, bark of Somerset

• 1841 May 27 - 1842 June 1 - North Atlantic
• 1842 July 7 - 1843 July 13 - Atlantic
• 1844 December 19 - 1846 June 4 - Atlantic, Indian
• 1846 August 20 - 1848 May 1 - Indian
• 1848 August 7 - 1849 May 3 - South Atlantic

Pilgrim, brig of Somerset

• 1839 November 27 - 1839 December 13 - North Atlantic
• 1840 January 18 - 1840 October 24 - Atlantic
• 1843 August 25 - 1844 October 9 - Atlantic

Rowena, ship of Fall River

• 1841 July 1 - 1843 July 11 - South Atlantic
• 1843 October 12 - 1846 May 1 - NW Coast
• 1846 August 29 - 1849 April 23 - NW Coast, Pacific

Solomon Saltus, bark of Fall River

• 1845 October 3 - 1848 March 12 - Indian, NW Coast
• 1848 September 9 - 1850 C - Pacific

Sullivan, brig of Fall River

• 1912 June 9 - 1913 L October 14 -

Taunton, brig of Fall River

• 1837 - 1838 -
• 1838 October 30 - 1839 August 17 - South Atlantic
• 1838 March 23 - 1838 August 30 - North Atlantic
• 1839 November - 1840 -
• 1840 Nov 30 - 1840 - Atlantic

William, brig of Fall River

• 1836 - 1836 - Atlantic
• 1836 - 1836 - Atlantic
• 1836 July 23 - 1837 June 18 - Atlantic
• 1837 July 22 - 1838 June 17 - North Atlantic
• 1838 June 25 - 1838 December 18 - North Atlantic
• 1839 January 28 - 1840 C - North Atlantic