Essex (1799)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Wood Wind, Sail United States 1799
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
87 238

Nantucket-based whaleship stoved in by a whale in November, 1820, in South Pacific. First mate Owen Chase survived to tell the story, after being adrift for weeks. Captain George Pollard also survived, after likely resorting to cannibalism during weeks in a whaleboat

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Related People

Owen Chase

Compiler

Peter Richards

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