whaling
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Blenheim of Hull – Part 3
The story so far Part 1 recounted how an inherited drawing set me on the trail of my whaling ancestor Thomas CLARK and his capture by the French in 1806. https://wordpress.com/post/myancestors.blog/199 In Part 2 I explained why English sailors were being held by the French and delved into a contemporary account of conditions in the Continue reading
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Blenheim of Hull – Part 2
The story so far In Part 1 https://wordpress.com/post/myancestors.blog/199 I explained how through an inherited pen and ink sketch dated 1806 I was able to ascertain that my 4 x great grandfather Thomas CLARK was on board the Hull whaler, Blenheim, when she was captured by a French frigate and all the men were taken as Continue reading
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Blenheim of Hull – Part 1
In my first post [https://myancestors.blog/2023/09/04/hello-world/] I mentioned that I’d inherited a small pen and ink sketch dated 1806, showing a British whaling ship being captured and burned by a French frigate. The drawing The drawing measures about 6 x 8 inches. It’s in good condition, apart from its missing top left corner. The words at Continue reading
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Arctic whaling: Chase, 1859
My 2 x great grandfather William Taylor CLARK (1819-1902) was a harpooner on whaling ships sailing for most of his career out of Hull, and then later from Dundee. Sadly he left no personal recollections of his life, written or in the form of stories handed down. His Seaman’s Ticket records that he was born Continue reading
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