Andrew Marvel (1812 ship)

Andrew Marvel (or Andrew Marvell) was launched at Hull in 1812. From 1812 to 1835 she was a Greenland whaler, hunting bowhead whales in the northern whale fishery. Thereafter she became a merchantman. She foundered in September 1843 while on a voyage from Hull to Saint John, New Brunswick.

For other ships with the same name, see Andrew Marvel (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameAndrew Marvel
NamesakeAndrew Marvell
BuilderThomas Richardson, Hull[1][2]
Launched1812
FateFoundered September 1843
General characteristics
Tons burthen377,[3][4] or 379[5](bm)
Complement41 (1821)
Armament8 × 9-pounder carronades[3][4]

Greenland whaler

Thomas Richardson built Andrew Marvel on the lines of the whaler Isabella that he had built in 1786.[2]

Andrew Marvell first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812 with T. Orton, master, Marshall, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait.[3]

The following data are primarily from Coltish:[6]

Year Master Where Whales Tuns whale oil Notes
1812 Orton 14 150
1813 Orton Davis Strait 3 41
1814 Orton Greenland 11 164
1815 Orton Davis Strait 5 76
1816 Orton Davis Strait 17 241 (600 butts[7])
1817 Orton Davis Strait 4 59
1818 Orton Davis Strait 5 73
1819 Orton Davis Strait 14 182 Orton was whaling in the vicinity of South-East Bay, the southern end of Disko Bay. The weather was much severer than in 1818.[8]

In 1819, a record 65 whalers sailed from Hull. Andrew Marvel sold for £7,800, complete, but net of outfitting for the coming season.[9] She was the first whaler to return; she had left the ice on 8 July and arrived back at Hull on 12 August.[10]

Year Master Where Whales Tuns whale oil Notes
1820 Orton Davis Strait 10 129
1821 Orton Greenland 18 216 12 tons of whale bone[11]
1822 Orton Davis Strait 4 46
1823 Orton Davis Strait 27 230 271½ cwt of [12]
1824 Blythe Davis Strait 10 150
1825 Hedon Davis Strait 11 120
1826 Silcock Davis Strait 9 134 On 1 July 1826 Cicero was wrecked in the Davis Strait. Andrew Marvel rescued her crew.[13] The crew were later distributed among the other vessels in the fleet.[14]
1827 Silcock Davis Strait 16 189
1828 Silcock Davis Strait 10 117
1829 Orton Davis Strait 8 104
1830 Orton Davis Strait 0 0
1831 Wright Davis Strait 4 55
1832 Wright Davis Strait 31 280
1833 Wright Davis Strait 36 285 This was the greatest amount brought in by any Hull whaler between 1772 and 1852.[15]
1834 Wright Davis Strait 13 130
1835 Wright Davis Strait 2
1836 Wright Davis Strait 0 0

Merchantman

LR for 1836 showed Andrew Marvel with M. Wright, master, Hopwood, owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait, changing to Hull–America. She had had a thorough repair in 1836.[5]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1840 Chambers Hopwood Hull–Quebec LR; large repair 1826
1843 Chambers Hopwood Hull–Quebec LR; large repair 1826

Fate

On 25 September 1843 Andrew Marvel was in a sinking state at 42°N 57°W when Lotus came on the scene and rescued the crew. Andrew Marvel had been sailing from Hull to Saint John.[16] LR for 1844 carried the annotation "Lost" by her name.[17]

Citations
  1. Lloyd's Register Foundation: Report of survey for Andrew Marvel, 10 December 1834 – accessed 21 May 2019.
  2. MacGregor (1984), p. 26.
  3. LR (1812), Supple. pages "A", Seq.№A47.
  4. Lubbock (1937), p. 190.
  5. LR (1836), Seq.№613.
  6. Coltish (c. 1842).
  7. Lubbock (1937), p. 203.
  8. "Davis's Straits." Times, 3 Nov. 1819, p. 3. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 22 May 2019.
  9. Lubbock (1937), p. 210.
  10. Lubbock (1937), p. 211.
  11. Lubbock (1937), p. 228.
  12. Lubbock (1937), p. 255.
  13. Lloyd's List №6152.
  14. Lubbock (1937), p. 262.
  15. Munroe (1854), p. 38.
  16. "Ship News." Times, 31 Oct. 1843, p. 7. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 21 May 2019.
  17. LR (1844), Seq.№A551.

References
  • Coltish, William (c. 1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive.
  • Lubbock, Basil (1937). Arctic Whalers. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson.
  • MacGregor, David R. (1984). Merchant sailing ships, 1815-1850: Supremacy of sail. Conway Marine. ISBN 9780870219412.
  • Munroe, Henry (1854). "Statistics of the Northern Whale Fisheries, from the Year 1772 to 1852". Journal of the Statistical Society of London. 17 (1): 34–42. doi:10.2307/2338354. JSTOR 2338354.
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