Andrew Marvel (1812 ship)

British whaler and merchantman 1812–1843

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

History
United Kingdom
Name| Andrew Marvel
Namesake| Andrew Marvell
Builder| Thomas Richardson, Hull[1][2]
Launched| 1812
Fate| Foundered September 1843
General characteristics
Tons burthen| 377,[3][4] or 379[5](bm)
Complement| 41 (1821)
Armament| 8 × 9-pounder carronades[3][4]

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.

## Greenland whaler

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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

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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

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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

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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

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1840  | Chambers  | Hopwood  | Hull–Quebec  | LR; large repair 1826
1843  | Chambers  | Hopwood  | Hull–Quebec  | LR; large repair 1826

## Fate

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On 25 September 1843 Andrew Marvel was in a sinking state at 42°N 57°W﻿ / ﻿42°N 57°W﻿ / 42; -57 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

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1. ^ Lloyd's Register Foundation: Report of survey for Andrew Marvel, 10 December 1834 – accessed 21 May 2019.
2. ^ a b MacGregor (1984), p. 26.
3. ^ a b c LR (1812), Supple. pages "A", Seq.№A47.
4. ^ a b Lubbock (1937), p. 190.
5. ^ a b 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

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* 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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* 15 Jan: England
* 5 Feb: Larkins
* 15 Mar USS Grampus
* 17 Jul HMS Samarang
* 27 Aug USS Missouri
* 7 Sep: Caledonia
* 25 Sep: Andrew Marvel
* 12 Oct: Henry Roop
* 1 Dec: Comet
* Unknown date: Moira

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* 6 Aug HMS Scylla

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