Whaling Logs

Hopeton

1862 · Sippican

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Hopeton, 1862

The brig Hopeton of Sippican, Benjamin B. Handy master, 1862: 8 whales taken.

  • Whaling grounds: Atlantic.
  • The log runs from May 20, 1862 to October 18, 1862, with an entry on 151 of its 152 days.
  • 19 ships met at sea.

The logbook: Journal of the Admiral Blake (Schooner), Alatamaha (Brig), Hopeton (Brig) and Solon (Bark); mastered by Arthur H. Hammond, Benjamin B. Handy and Charles Blackmer Barstow; and kept by Arthur H. Hammond; on whaling voyages between 1861 and 1866.

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