Common whaler & ship names from the whaling logs

[AvastMH]

This is a very brief listing - to be filled out as names pop up. Sometimes names are not clear - I hope that this list will help you whilst transcribing.
If you cannot read the name because some letters are unclear please note the letters that you can see, and replace the unidentified letters with a '~' mark. Thank you.

Common whaler names

Abraham Barker (AB Barker, Ab Barker)
Amethyst
Atlantic
Baleana
Beluga
Belvedere
Bowhead
Coral
Eliza
Fearless
Fleetwing
JS Freeman
Jessie H Freemen
John and Winthrop
Gazelle
Grampus
Helen Mar (Mars)
Hidalgo
Howland (J.A. Howland)
Hume (M.D. Hume)
Jeannie (this is not Jeanette)
Jeanette (this is not the Jeannie, nor the USS Jeannette)
Josephine
Lucretia
Mable
Mary and Helen
Mary and Susan
Narwhal
Newport
North Star
Ohio
Orca
Rainbow
Sea Breeze
Thomas Pope
Thrasher
William Baylies
Young Phoenix


Other ships
USS Corwin,
USS Bear

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If you find other names in your log book please do post the name/s here

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Might also prove useful (although the dates are a little questionable)
Timeline of Key Events, Whaling Activity and Ships Lost in the Western Arctic 1848-1914

[Mer]

Grampus

[AvastMH]

Thank you Mer!

Into the list it goes

[Mer]

There are a bunch of ships mentioned in the Aug 13th log entry of Beluga
Jessie H Freemen
Fearless
Beluga herself

I"m still learning the captain's handwriting so please check my interpretations.
https://archive.org/details/logboookofb ... 6/mode/1up

[AvastMH]

You're quite right Mer

I've added those, and spotted that I hadn't put in Thrasher or Newport either. They appear a fair bit in this log.

Thank you!