Traveller (1786 ship)

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

History
Great Britain
Name| Traveller
Launched| 1786, Hull[1]
Captured| 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen:|  221,[2] or 300[1] (bm)
Armament:|  2 × 4-pounder guns

Traveller was launched at Hull in 1786. She traded between Hull and the Baltic until 1796 or so, when she began making annual voyages as a Greenlandman, that is, as a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She was captured in 1808 during the Gunboat War while trading with the Baltic between annual whaling voyages.

## Career

Traveller first entered and Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786.[1]

Year  | Master  | Owner  | Trade  | Source

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1786  | Wright  | Green & Co.  | Hull–Petersburg  | LR
1789  | Harwood  | Green & Co.  | Hull–Königsberg  | LR
1796  | Compleman
G.Armstrong  | Green & Co.  | Hull–Königsberg
Hull–Greenland  | LR
1797  | Armstrong  | Green & Co.  | Hull–Königsberg
Hull–Greenland  | LR
1798  | Armstrong  | Green & Co.  | Hull–Greenland  | LR

From at least 1796 on Traveller engaged in whale hunting in the northern whale fishery.

Year  | Tuns of whale oil

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1796  | 100
1797  | 90
1798  | 120
1799  | 74
1800  | 80
1801  | 94
Year  | Master  | Owner  | Trade  | Source

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1802  | Armstrong
W.Vennis  | Green & Co.
Levitt  | Hull–Greenland  | LR
Year  | Tuns of whale oil

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1802  | 22
1803  | 15.5
Year  | Master  | Owner  | Trade  | Source

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1804  | W.Vennis
Keeler  | Levitt
Eggington  | Hull–Greenland  | LR
1805  | Keeler
Foster  | Eggington
Levett  | Hull–Greenland  | LR
Year  | Tuns of whale oil

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1804  | 104
1805  | 124
1806  | 84
1807  | 109

The whaling season generally ran from March–April to September–October. Between whaling voyages, Traveller sailed to the Baltic. Lloyd's List reported in January 1806 that Traveller, Foster, master, had arrived at Hull having sailed from Riga via the Elbe, where she had joined a convoy under escort by the armed ship Prince William.[3]

## Fate

Lloyd's List reported in January 1808 that Traveller, Foster, master, had put into Carlsham to join a convoy. Lloyd's List reported in February that Ann, Harrison, master, and Traveller, Foster, master, from Stockholm, were captured and taken into Bornholm.[4]

## Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LR (1786), Seq.No.T421.
2. ↑ LR (1789), Seq.No.T181.
3. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4285). 3 January 1806.
4. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4230). 19 February 1808.

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