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[Lydia (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Elisha Babcock, Jr., keeper unknown, on voyage 16 May 1860 - 16 May 1864],

by: Lydia (Ship : 1840-1864)

Topics: Babcock, Elisa, Jenney Tripp (Fairhaven, Mass.), Victory (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Caroline (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Milwood (Ship : 1806-1871)--Sightings and encounters, Sarah (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Minerva Smyth (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Columbus (Bark : 1819-1864)--Sightings and encounters, Thomas Pope (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Young Phoenix (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Brewster (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Java (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Champion (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Messenger (Bark : 1859-1863)--Sightings and encounters, Kathleen (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Plover (Ship : 1855-1862)--Sightings and encounters, Charles Carroll (Ship : 1828-1862)--Sightings and encounters, Navigator (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Pamelia (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Southern Cross (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Hunter (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Nautilus (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Sun (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Matilda Sears (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Daniel Wood (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Elizabeth (Bark : 1847-1872)--Sightings and encounters, Prince Edwards (Brig)--Sightings and encounters, Desdemona (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Gay Head (Bark)--Sightings and encounters, Adeline (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Percy (Ship)--Sightings and encounters, Wachusett (Steamer)--Sightings and encounters, Globicephala, Finback whale, Blue whale, Humpback whale, Right whales, Sperm whale, Accidents, Birth, Children and the sea, Cholera, Diseases, Drowning, Drowning--Resuscitation, Drowning victims, Hand-to-hand fighting, Marine accidents, Punishment, Rescues, Seafaring life, Whale oil, Whalebone, Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whalers (Persons)--Wounds and injuries, Whalers' spouses, Whaling--Massachusetts--Fairhaven, Whaling masters, Whaling ships--Equipment and supplies, Whaling ships--Maintenance and repair, Women and the sea, Wounds and injuries, Santo Ant�o Island (Cabo Verde)--Description and travel, Faial Island (Azores)--Description and travel, Crozet Islands--Description and travel, Penguin Islands (Namibia)--Description and travel, Mauritius--Description and travel, Rodrigues (Mauritius)--Description and travel, Madagascar--Description and travel, Tasmania--Description and travel, Fiji--Description and travel, Pines, Isle of (New Caledonia)--Description and travel, Chatham Island (N.Z.)--Description and travel, Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel, Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)--Description and travel, Indian Ocean--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Logbook of a whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Includes descriptions of whales seen or taken, accidents at sea, punishment, and women and children at sea. Also contains whale stamps, profile views, amount of sperm oil stored down, oil and bone sold on the voyage, and provisions used. A whaleboat was stove on March 4, 1861. The master's wife gave birth to a girl at Mauritius on March 25, 1861. One man fell overboard and drowned on September 9, 1861. One man fell overboard on 25 February 1862 but was saved. In April 1862 as the ship was approaching Mauritius, but they found the island was in the midst of a cholera outbreak, so they kept sailing towards Bourbon. One man fell and injured himself badly on May 20, 1862. One man was injured cutting in a whale on July 21, 1862. A whaleboat was stove by a whale on September 26, 1862. One man was put in irons after fighting with the Mate on November 6, 1863. Whaling grounds include the Western, Steen, East Cape, Crozet, and Tonga grounds.; Old Dartmouth Historical Society (ODHS 541); Whaling vessel out of Fairhaven, Mass. mastered by Elisha Babcock, Jr., on voyage 16 May 1860 - 16 May 1864; managing agent, Jenney & Tripp; built in Mattapoisett, Mass., 1840.