Cicero (1819 ship)

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

History
United Kingdom
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 bowhead whales. She made six full voyages to the Greenland whale fishery and was lost in July 1826 on her seventh.

## Contents

* 1 Career
* 1.1 Whaling voyages
* 2 Fate
* 3 Citations and references

## 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 LR (1819), Supple. pages "C", Seq.№C38.
2. ↑ Coltish (c. 1842).
3. ↑ Lloyd's List №6152.
4. ↑ British Museum.

References

* Coltish, William (c. 1842). An account of the success of the ships at the Greenland and Davis Straits fisheries 1772-1842 inclusive. https://hydra.hull.ac.uk/assets/hull:7178/content.

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