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Abram |
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The Abram was a full-rigged ship, 320 tons burthen, built by
Messrs.Brockbank and launched at Lancaster on Monday, 6th January 1806.
She had been built to
operate in the West Indies trade under the command of Capt.William
Trasure. She must have been launched fully rigged, as she cleared from
Lancaster on the 15th February, to proceed to Cork and then join the
first convoy for the West Indies, her destination being Tortola. She
arrived at Cork on the 6th March and left on the 4th April, in a convoy
of three naval vessels and 65 merchant ships. She returned safely
and left Lancaster on her second voyage on the 8th November 1806,
also bound for Tortola. The Abram left St.Thomas's, together with the Neptune, Capt.Wilson, on the 11th February, and Capt.Trasure died on the passage, on the 26th February 1807. He was 64 years old. The Abram and the Neptune sailed together on the next West Indies trip, departing Lancaster on the 7th May, the Neptune under Capt.Wilson and the Abram under Capt.Watson.
The Abram continued to make regular passages between Lancaster
and Tortola under Capt.Watson until about 1815, then under other
masters until about 1818. By 1819 she had been sold to owners in Hull
and was operating in the Greenland whale fishery. She seems to have
continued in this trade for over 20 years. In March 1841 she was
advertised for sale, but made one further voyage to Greenland, one of
only two Hull vessels to go to the Northern whale fishery that year.
She returned in October with only one whale and 24 tuns of oil, and
possibly this was the end of her career. She did not again appear in
Lloyd's Register.
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