6 The Greenland Whaling Ships

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements viii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Progress of British Arctic Whaling 4
6. 2 The Hunting Process 21
7. 3 Prizes, Privateers and the Press 26
8. 4 The Dundee Whaling Industry 38
9. 5 Why They Hunted 50
10. 6 The Greenland Whaling Ships 56
11. 7 The Business of Whaling 64
12. 8 The Whaling Masters 78
13. 9 The Greenlandman’s Experience 82
14. 10 The Last Hurrah: The Dundee Antarctic Expedition 98
15. 11 Farewell to the Whaling 104
16. 12 Twentieth Century Scottish Whaling 107
17. Appendices
18. Appendix 1 Ships of the Dundee Fleet 111
19. Appendix 2 Dundee Ship Masters 211
20. Appendix 3 Dundee Whaling Men 225
21. Appendix 4 Dundee Whaling Ships Lost 246
22. Appendix 5 Dundee Whaling Ship Companies 248
23. Appendix 6 Letter about Impressing Seamen, 1803 252
24. Appendix 7 Jute Batching Oil Advert 253
25. Appendix 8 Dorothy Whaling Company Expenditure, 1830 254
26. Glossary 260
27. Notes 263
28. Bibliography 275
29. Index of Whaling Ships and Other Vessels 279