Accidents and wrecks
Boats stove and capsized, men overboard, injuries aboard, and wrecks sighted or run aground.
- 1831 · George Porter: Whale stove a boat.
- 1841 · Rowena: Discovered the burnt wreckage of a ship.
- 1846 · Indian Chief: Whale smashed two boats and capsized another.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Picked up wreckage from a cabin.
- 1878 · Draco: Whaleboat capsized during chase.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Second mate's boat stove in.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Boat capsized and lost whaling gear.
- 1828 · Rosalie: Gale stove in the ship's bulwarks.
- 1828 · Galatea: Waist boat stove in during gale.
- 1831 · Parker: Crewman fell overboard and nearly drowned.
- 1832 · Parker: Man fell overboard and was saved.
- 1832 · Parker: Boat capsized by an uncommon fish.
- 1832 · Parker: Whale stove a boat and gear lost.
- 1832 · Parker: Whale boat capsized during the chase.
- 1832 · Bengal: Whale stove a boat.
- 1832 · George Porter: Whale stove a boat.
- 1833 · Bengal: Whale stove a boat.
- 1833 · Bengal: Trading boat stove.
- 1833 · Parker: Whale boat badly stove.
- 1833 · Bengal: Boat stove by a sperm whale.
- 1833 · Bengal: Crewman fell from yardarm and overboard.
- 1834 · Parker: Left boat stove by a whale.
- 1834 · Bengal: Boat capsized carrying forty local women.
- 1834 · Parker: Whale stove and overturned a boat.
- 1835 · Addison: Whale stove a boat.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Killed whale sank before recovery.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Boat slightly stove by a sperm whale.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Whaleboat capsized and lost line.
- 1836 · Addison: Whale stove a boat.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Killed whale sank.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Whale stove a boat.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: Chains parted and ship narrowly escaped wrecking.
- 1838 · Edward Quesnel: A heavy sea stove a whaleboat.
- 1841 · Rowena: Whale sank while bringing it to the ship.
- 1842 · Rowena: Whaleboat stove during chase.
- 1842 · Rowena: Bow boat stove by a whale.
- 1843 · Rowena: Whaleboat stove during the hunt.
- 1844 · Rowena: Whale stove a boat.
- 1844 · Draco: Keeper jumped overboard to save crewman.
- 1844 · Draco: Carpenter survived ninety-foot fall overboard.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Killed whale sank and took gear.
- 1845 · Indian Chief: Whale boat stove during hunt.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Killed whale sank and took gear.
- 1845 · Charles Phelps: Crane broke and threw crewman overboard.
- 1846 · Indian Chief: Whale stove a boat.
- 1846 · Dunbarton: Sighted a capsized derelict ship.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Harpooner swept overboard by whale line.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Killed whale sank and was lost.
- 1847 · Dunbarton: Whale's case sank after ropes parted.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Bow boat stove during heavy gales.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Hog washed overboard in heavy squalls.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: A whaleboat was stove.
- 1849 · Draco: Cooper fell overboard and was rescued.
- 1849 · Draco: Whale stove a boat for first time.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Gale damaged bulwarks and stove a boat.
- 1849 · Nimrod: Narrowly escaped wrecking on a reef.
- 1851 · Fortune: Boat stove on a reef.
- 1852 · Fortune: Whale stove boat and forced rescue.
- 1852 · Active: Boarded an abandoned, waterlogged brig.
- 1852 · Active: Heavy seas stove a whaleboat.
- 1852 · Active: Waist boat capsized while whaling.
- 1853 · Fortune: Whaleboat stove on its cranes.
- 1853 · Lark: Starboard boat capsized during chase.
- 1853 · Fortune: Boat stove by ice while chasing whale.
- 1853 · Fortune: A Hawaiian recruit jumped overboard to swim ashore.
- 1854 · Active: Injured crewman discharged and landed by islanders.
- 1854 · Elizabeth: Captain's boat stove by a whale.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Two boats stove during the hunt.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: A whaleboat was stove.
- 1862 · Jireh Perry: Whale stove a boat.
- 1865 · Brewster: Keeper stabbed hand with a marlinspike.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Found a capsized brig at sea.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: Pilot whale stove third mate's boat.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Carpenter repaired hull damage from getting stove.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Sea stove the waist boat.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Whale capsized second mate's boat.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Whale stove a boat.
- 1869 · Abraham Barker: Partner ship capsized a whaleboat.
- 1881 · Pedro Varela: Spotted a capsized wreck.
- 1905 · Karluk: Native stranded on breaking ice.
- 1830 · George Porter: Crewman cut with a lance.
- 1843 · Jefferson: Whale smashed two boats and injured crew.
- 1844 · Solon: Crewman badly cut in blubber room.
- 1847 · Abigail: Sighted a wrecked vessel broken in two.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Rescued survivors of the wrecked David Paddock.
- 1864 · Brewster: Captain badly cut by an adze.
- 1866 · Abraham Barker: First mate scalded by hot oil.
- 1876 · E. H. Hatfield: Found an abandoned boat adrift.
- 1826 · Rosalie: Mates and boatsteerer temporarily blinded.
- 1831 · Parker: Man fell off stage, rescued almost dead.
- 1831 · Parker: Crewman badly scalded by hot oil.
- 1832 · Parker: Mate badly hurt hand letting go anchor.
- 1832 · Parker: Mate lost a finger.
- 1832 · Parker: Mathias Smith sidelined by a rupture.
- 1832 · Bengal: Sighted a wreck.
- 1834 · Addison: Ran aground trying to clear another ship.
- 1834 · Bengal: Captain cheated and stranded Hawaiian crewmen.
- 1834 · Bengal: Seven men flung from yardarm during gale.
- 1835 · Addison: Gale halted work on a sinking whale.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Captain badly injured and forced return.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Ship ran hard aground.
- 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Falling pulley wheel struck a sailor's head.
- 1836 · Addison: Crewman crushed by rolling cask.
- 1842 · Rowena: Crewman injured and treated by French doctor.
- 1844 · Draco: Harpooner fell 70 feet into the sea.
- 1844 · Rowena: Boat smashed and officer's arm broken.
- 1844 · Draco: Boat smashed and crewman injured.
- 1844 · Draco: Crew member fell overboard and was rescued.
- 1845 · Edward: Carcass abandoned after a hard chase.
- 1846 · Charles Phelps: Whale smashed two boats and injured mate.
- 1846 · Indian Chief: Killed whale sank immediately.
- 1847 · Draco: Mrs. Robinson badly cut her head.
- 1847 · Mary and Susan: Crewman cut in the blubber room.
- 1847 · Mary and Susan: Mr. Stafford injured in the lower hold.
- 1847 · Mary and Susan: A falling sail injured a boy.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Patrick was badly injured by the wheel.
- 1849 · Mary and Susan: Collins injured by a block.
- 1850 · Fortune: Cook incapacitated by a fall.
- 1850 · Fortune: Crew members recovered from illness and injury.
- 1851 · Fortune: Carpenter severely cut his finger.
- 1851 · Fortune: Crewman dislocated his collarbone in a fall.
- 1851 · Fortune: Injured crew members showed no improvement.
- 1851 · Pacific: Ran aground on the Fort Flat.
- 1851 · Fortune: Lovett's injured hand showed no improvement.
- 1851 · Fortune: Cook cut off his great toe.
- 1851 · Fortune: Crew members suffered various ailments.
- 1852 · Fortune: Third mate injured during cockfight.
- 1852 · Fortune: Cook hurt in fall down ladder.
- 1854 · Active: Officer lost the end of his finger.
- 1857 · Daniel Wood: Keeper struck in eye by rope.
- 1861 · Jireh Perry: Abandoned a dryskin whale.
- 1863 · Mary: Cook dislocated his shoulder in a fall.
- 1867 · Abraham Barker: Second mate broke his collarbone.
- 1868 · Abraham Barker: Carpenter injured by a sliding cask.
- 1869 · Abraham Barker: Captain hurt by the point of a file.
- 1893 · Beluga: Captain Whiteside badly injured in fall.
- 1905 · Karluk: The Bowhead ran aground.
- 1905 · Karluk: Bowhead broke bowsprit and Alexander ran aground.
- 1834 · Bengal: Botton injured his foot on shore.
- 1834 · Bengal: Keeper injured by an oil cask.
- 1850 · Fortune: Chase's hand got better.
- 1850 · Fortune: Chase's finger improved.
- 1850 · Fortune: Chad's hand reported about well.
- 1851 · Fortune: Cook's foot improved.
- 1851 · Fortune: Mondoo's finger improving.
- 1851 · Fortune: Sick and injured crew improved.
- 1851 · Fortune: Cook's toe reported recovering.
- 1853 · Fortune: Manuel off duty with sore foot.