Aurora (1782 ship)

Aurora was launched at Kingston upon Hull. She traded with the Baltic until 1803 when she became a Greenland whaler. She was lost in 1821 on her 18th voyage to the northern whale fishery.

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Aurora.

History
Great Britain
NameAurora
BuilderHull
Launched1782
FateWrecked 27 August 1821
General characteristics
Tons burthen366,[1] or 370, or 470,[2] or 500[3] (bm)
Armament
  • 1782:4 × 3-pounder guns[3]
  • 1795:6 × 6-pounder guns[2]
  • 1800:8 × 6-pounder guns[1]
  • 1806:10 × 9-pounder guns

Merchantman

Aurora first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1782 with Robinson, master, Hall & Co., owners, and trade Hull–Riga, changing to London transport.[3]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1786 J.Robinson
W. Proctor		 F.Hall Narva–Hull LR
1790 S.Lazenby Hall & Co. Narva–Hull LR
1795 T.Scofield
J.Hall		 F.Hall Hull–Petersburg LR;[2] new deck 1792 & repairs 1793
1800 Campion T.Hall & Co. Hull–Petersburg LR; damages repaired 1797[1]

Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 20 December 1799, apparently erroneously, that Aurora, Campion, master, had been lost near Cronstadt while sailing from Petersburg to London.[4]

Greenland whaler

LR for 1803 showed Aurora with Campion, master, Hall & Co., owners, changing to Gilder, and trade Hull–Petersburg, changing to Hull–Greenland.[5] She underwent repairs for damages in 1803, and Sadler became her master.

The following whaling data is from Lloyd's List (master and grounds), and Coltish (whale oil):[6]

Year Master Where Whales Tuns whale oil
1803 Sadler Greenland 182
1804 Sadler Greenland 214
1805 Sadler Greenland 244
1806 Sadler Greenland 160
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1806 A. Sadler J. Gilder Hull–Greenland Register of Shipping; thorough repair 1797, new wales 1803, & good repair 1805
1807 Sadler Greenland 230

LL reported in March 1808 that Aurora had had to put back into Hull. She had been bound for Greenland but had gotten on shore.[7] Despite the delay this caused, in 1808 Aurora had the most successful voyage of her career in terms of the amount of whale oil she gathered. It was also the ninth-best haul in the history of the Hull whaling fleet.[8]

Year Master Where Whales Tuns whale oil
1808 Sadler Greenland 263
1809 Sadler Greenland 180
1810 Sadler Greenland 13 146
1811 Sadler Greenland 39 240
1812 Sadler Greenland 22 156
1813 Sadler Greenland 2 20
1814 Sadler Greenland 24 189

LL reported that Aurora, Sadler, master, had had to put into Aberdeen on 20 April 1815 leaky. She had been bound for Greenland and had gotten as far as latitude 63°N before she had had to put back.[9]

Year Master Where Whales Tuns whale oil
1815 Sadler Greenland 6 69
1816 Sadler Greenland 12 76
1817 Sadler Greenland 5 70
1818 Griswood Greenland 7 95
1819 Griswood Greenland 1 19
1820 Thomas Greenland 9 80

In 1818 Sadler became master of Jane, sailing her to Greenland.

Fate

Aurora, of Hull, Thomas, master, was lost on 27 August 1821 at Davis Strait. At the time of her loss she had taken 10 fish.[10]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. LR (1800), Seq.No.A634.
  2. LR (1795), Seq.№A611.
  3. LR (1782), Seq.№A463.
  4. LL No.4018.
  5. LR (1803), Seq.A1005.
  6. Coltish (c. 1842).
  7. LL №4240.
  8. Munroe (1854), p. 39.
  9. LL №4967.
  10. Lloyd's List №5636.

References

  • Coltish, William (c. 1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive.
  • Munroe, Henry (1854). "Statistics of the Northern Whale Fisheries, from the Year 1772 to 1852". Journal of the Statistical Society of London. 17: 34–42. doi:10.2307/2338354. JSTOR 2338354.
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