Cicero (1819 ship)
Appearance
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Name | Cicero |
Namesake | Cicero |
Builder | Hull |
Launched | 1819 |
Fate | Wrecked 1 July 1826 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 320[1] (bm) |
Cicero was launched at Hull in 1819 as a Greenland whaler, hunting the right and the bowhead whale. She made six full voyages to the Greenland whale fishery and was lost in July 1826 on her seventh.
Career
Cicero first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1819 with Parkin, master, Raith & Co., owner, and trade Hull-Greenland.[1]
Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
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1820 | Parkin | Raith & Co. | Hull–Greenland | LR |
1825 | T.Lee | Routh & Co. | Hull–Greenland | LR; large repairs 1821, 1822, & 1823 |
Whaling voyages
The following data is from Coltish:[2]
Year | Master | Where | Whales | Tuns whale oil |
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1819 | Parkin | Greenland | 6 | 38 |
1820 | Parkin | Greenland | 9 | 80 |
1821 | Leaf | Greenland | 7 | 101 |
1822 | Leaf | Greenland | 2 | 33 (70 Butts) |
1823 | Lee | Greenland | 5 | 89 |
1824 | Lee | Davis Strait | 14 | 159 |
1825 | Lee | Davis Strait | 15 | 200 |
1826 | Lee | Davis Strait | 0 | 0 |
Fate
Cicero, Lee, master, was lost on 1 July 1826 in the Davis Strait.[3] Andrew Marvel rescued her crew.
By another report, Cicero was destroyed by taking the "Middle Ice" in Latitude 75°12′ North, at midnight 7 June 1826.[4]
Citations and references
Citations
References
- Coltish, William (c. 1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive.