her as a whaler and she was lost in January 1803 at the start of her second whaling voyage. Active was first listed in Lloyd's Register in 1801, and in...

1815. Active (1801 whaler) was a French ship that came into British hands in 1800 as a prize. William Bennett purchased her and named her Active. He employed...

Active was the French ship Alsace that the Royal Navy captured in 1803. William Bennett purchased her and named her Active, in place of a previous Active...

Majestic (1811 ship) was launched at Sunderland. She was a northern whale fishery whaler that was wrecked on 16 July 1819 in Davis Strait. Majestic (1818 ship) was...

1826. But he had already utilised four summer vacations as surgeon on a whaler in the arctic regions. He entered the army medical department in 1826, graduated...

allowed whalers to supplement their income. The leading London whale ship owner Samuel Enderby confirmed in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks in 1801 that it...

Kyes (2023–present) Ghen v. Rich (1881) (a whale is the property of the whaler who killed it, and not the person who found it dead on the beach). 2019...

sold to whaling company Samuel Enderby & Sons. She made two voyages as a whaler and two as a slave ship transporting enslaved people, before she was condemned...

Anglo-Australian Guano Company organised by whaler Dr. W. L. Crowther in Hobart, Tasmania. They were apparently most active on Bird Islet (Wreck Reefs) and Lady...

in 1800 and taken that same year. She immediately made one voyage as a whaler and privateer. She then made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular...