Lubbock states that he has tried to give a complete history of the whaling trade, its ships and seamen, from the earliest days right down to the outbreak of the Great War.
This list has been compiled for the Whalers' Heritage Project by Yvonne Leck, and is not to be reproduced without her permission.
Also see Shipwtrecks and Miscellaneous Notes (which includes some crew names) from this book.
Captain Ship Home Port Voyages mentioned ADAMS W. ARCTIC DUNDEE 1868, 1882 ADAMS W. NEW ARCTIC DUNDEE 1875 - 1883 ADAMS W. MAUD DUNDEE 1887 - 1890 ADAMS Jnr DIANA DUNDEE 1902 ADAMS Jnr MORNING DUNDEE 1910 ADAMSON ELIZA & MARY 1746 ADAMSON PRINCESS CHARLOTTE DUNDEE 1836 AGAR VALIANT WHITBY 1821. 1822 AGAR AIMWELL WHITBY 1806 AGAR EARL FAUCONBERG WHITBY 1791, 1798 AGAR EXPERIMENT WHITBY 1800 ALCOCK VOLUNTEER 1746 ALLEN J. EGGINTON HULL 1792 ALLEN ELLISON HULL 1797, 1801 ALLEN WHALE FISHER LONDON 1785/6 ALLYBEE PHOENIX WHITBY 1823/4 ANDERSON GLEANER PETERHEAD 1836 ARMSTRONG TRAVELLER HULL 1797, 1801 ASH EVERTHORPE HULL 1821, 1823, 1826 ASH HORN SUNDERLAND 1791 ATKIN Thomas CATHERINE HULL 1803 ATKINS ELIZA SWAN MONTROSE 1789, 1791 BALFOUR NEPTUNE LEITH 1791 BANKS THE OAK WHITBY 1803 BANKS JENNY WHITBY 1768 BANKS PROSPECT WHITBY 1791 BANKS James ADDISON WHITBY 1778 BARHAM LONDON LONDON 1788 BARRON TRUELOVE HULL 1856, 1861 BARTLETT WEYMOUTH LONDON 1764 BARTON FOUNTAIN LYNN 1813 BARTON EXPERIMENT WHITBY 1801, 1807 BARVELL EURETTA NEWCASTLE 1801 BAXTER LIVELY WHITBY 1821 BAXTER MIDDLETON 1812 BAXTER FOUNTAIN LYNN 1800 BAXTER BALAENA LYNN 1789 BEADLING AUGUSTA 1814 wrecked BEDLINGTON VOLUNTEER WHITBY 1798, 1801 BELL LAVIATHAN LIVERPOOL 1791 BELL MARY LONDON 1788 BENNETT VENERABLE HULL 1813/16/17, 1820/23 BERRY HUNTER NEWCASTLE 1794 BIRD Edward INVESTIGATOR 1848 BIRNIE R. SIR CHARLES CAMPBELL PETERHEAD 1861 BIRNIE J. HANNIBAL PETERHEAD 1836 BIRNIE TAY DUNDEE 1865 BLANDFORD NEPTUNE 1899 BLENKINSOPP OAKHALL HULL 1807 BLYTHE BRUNSWICK HULL 1816/19/20, 1821/23/24, 1825/27/29/31 BOSWELL EURETTA TYNESIDE 1804-1806 BREWIS W. EAGLE 1823 BRAMHAM HARMONY HULL 1831 BRASS COMET HULL 1823 BRAVENDER DUNCOMBE 1803 BROWN QUEEN PETERHEAD 1865 BROWN DON ABERDEEN 1825 BROWN LONDON MONTROSE 1827 BROWN BUTTERWORTH LONDON 1789 BROWN ALLIANCE HULL 1789 BRUCE W. RESOLUTION PETERHEAD 1857 BRUCE CAMPERDOWN DUNDEE 1861, 1867 BRUCE GILDER HULL 1819, 1821, 1823 BRUCE T. DAUNTLESS LONDON 1817 BRUCE John TRITON 1777 BULLER CHANCE WHITBY 1788 BURNETT P. MAZINTHIEN PETERHEAD 1851 CARDNO UNION 1836 CHEYNE LEITH LEITH 1766 CLARK ISABELLA TYNESIDE 1804/5 CLARK Robert KINGSTON 1777 CLARK Robert TRUELOVE HULL 1784, 1787 CLAY PEGGY LONDON 1791, 1794 CLIFFORD Fran DIANA HULL 1788 CLOUGH JAMES LIVERPOOL 1814 CLOUGHTON SPENCER NEWCASTLE 1791 COCKBURN ANNABELLA NEWCASTLE 1765 CODLING ECLIPSE NEWCASTLE 1791 COLDRAY DUNCOMBE HULL 1823 COLDRAY MARY FRANCIS 1828 COLDRAY MERCURY 1827 COLLEY OAKHALL HULL 1801 COLQUHOUN ELIZABETH HULL 1819 COOK EXPERIMENT LYNN 1813 COOK ARCHANGEL LYNN 1788 COOMBE JOHN GREENOCK 1830 wrecked, Cpt Coombe died. COULSON VOLUNTEER WHITBY 1772 COUZENS ABRAM HULL 1822/23 COUZENS HEBE HULL 1820/21 COX WILMINGTON LIVERPOOL 1768 CRAIG VOLUNTEER WHITBY 1821 CRAWFORD JOHN & MARGARET TYNESIDE 1804/5 CROSS LIVELY WHITBY 1801 DACRES NORFOLK TYNESIDE 1805/06 DACRES PRESCOTT TYNESIDE 1804 DALE MARTHA HULL 1789 DANNALL Edward PROGRESS HULL 1826, 1830 DANNALL WILLIAM TOR HULL 1824,31/36 DANNALL TRAFALGAR HULL 1816, 1819 DANNALL HENRIETTA ABERDEEN 1829 DANNALL SISTERS 1831 DAVEY George SHANNON HULL 1830. 1832 DAVIDSON POLAR STAR DUNDEE 1898 DAVIDSON INTEPRID 1882 DAVIDSON EARL PERCY KIRKCALDY 1827 DAVIDSON THOMAS DUNDEE 1836 DAVIDSON James POOL HULL 1754 DAVIDSON RAITH LEITH 1810, 1819 DAWSON VOLUNTEER WHITBY 1811 DAY DIANA DUNDEE 1865 DEUCHARS JAN MAYEN 1882 DEUCHARS RESOLUTE DUNDEE 1882 DEUCHARS MARY ANN DUNDEE 1819 DEUCHARS ADVICE DUNDEE 1836 wrecked, Cpt survived. DEUCHARS NARWHAL DUNDEE 1861 DEUCHARS A. FUMNA DUNDEE 1861 DEUCHARS INTEPRID DUNDEE 1865 DEUCHARS ESTRIDGE DUNDEE 1825 DICK ELIZABETH HULL 1806 DICKSON HANNAH LONDON 1789 DOBBYN Peter BERRY HULL 1771, 1775 DRING Henry BENJAMIN HULL 1773/1774 killed in accident. DRING R. CUMBRIAN HULL 1833 DRING SWAN HULL 1826, 1836 DUNBAR ESK WHITBY 1821. 1826 wrecked off Redcar. DUNCAN Davis DUNDEE LONDON 1824/26 DUNCAN T. BRITANNIA HULL 1768 DUNCAN A. ALPHEUS PETERHEAD 1823 EDMONDS NORTH BRITAIN HULL 1801 EDWARDS ESQUIMAUX 1882 FAIRBAIRNE Thos HERCULES ABERDEEN 1822 FAIRWEATHER BALAENA DUNDEE 1894, 1896 Cpt died onboard. FAIRWEATHER THETIS DUNDEE 1882 FAIRWEATHER J. AURORA DUNDEE 1882/4/6 FISHER Andrew YORK HULL 1754 FISHER A. HUMBER HULL 1773 FLAXTON SAMUELS HULL 1814 FOORD Humphrey MANCHESTER HULL 1770/77/78 FOSTER LEE HULL 1822/23 FRANKS SARAH NEWCASTLE 1801 FRANKS Thos MARBOROUGH WHITBY 1778 GALLOWAY FORTITUDE LONDON 1817 GAMBLIN DEE ABERDEEN 1836 Cpt died. GEARY A. DEXTERITY PETERHEAD 1816-1819 GEARY A. HOPE PETERHEAD 1802-1813 GEARY ROBERT PETERHEAD 1791-1801 GEARY A. ENTERPRISE PETERHEAD 1814/15 GEE John CAROLINE HULL 1777/78/81 Gee died 1788 GIBBON HERCULES ABERDEEN 1808/1810 GILYOTT RICHARD 1818 GLENTON KIERO HULL 1820 GOLAND INVERNESS LONDON 1803 died aboard. GORDON KING GEORGE LONDON 1814 GORDON PROGRESS LONDON 1811 GRAVILL POLYNIA HULL 1862, 1864 GRAVILL John WILLIAM WARD HULL 1849 GRAVILL DIANA HULL 1865 died on ship GRAVILL SARAH & ELIZABETH 1857 GRAY D. Sen PERSEVERANCE PETERHEAD 1811, 1812, 1826 GRAY D. Sen ACTIVE 1813 - 1825 GRAY John HOPE PETERHEAD 1882 GRAY John QUEEN 1873 - 1891 GRAY John MAZINTHIEN PETERHEAD 1862 - 1872 GRAY J. ECLIPSE PETERHEAD 1836-1856 GRAY ECLIPSE PETERHEAD 1867/70/72/74 1879/1887 GRAY John ACTIVE PETERHEAD 1826/27 GRAY John ALPHEUS PETERHEAD 1828 GRAY Alex ERIK PETERHEAD 1883 - 1887 GRAY Alex LABRADOR PETERHEAD 1871 - 1879 GRAY David Jnr NORTH OF SCOTLAND PETERHEAD 1849 - 1852 GRAY David Jnr WINDWARD 1893 GRAY AEOLUS HULL 1865 GRAY David Jnr ACTIVE HULL 1853 - 1856, 1862 GREEN J. SCARTHINGWELL HULL 1792 GREENSHAW TRUELOVE HULL 1801 GREENSHAW John LEVIATHAN HULL 1754 GREENAWAY APOLLO DUNDEE 1789 GROAT HUNTER HULL 1801 GUNSON DUNCOMBE 1802 GUY POLYNIA DUNDEE 1891 GUY ECLIPSE PETERHEAD 1892 GUY NOVA ZEMBLA DUNDEE 1882, 1893, 1894, 1902 GUY JAN MAYEN DUNDEE 1882 GUY HURST 1746 GUY ARCTIC DUNDEE 1884, 1887 HADDOCK ARTHUR LONDON 1768 HADNEY SARAH LONDON 1766 HALL J. BERRY HULL 1765, 1768 HALL J. KING OF PRUSSIA HULL 1770 HAMILTON TRIAL NEWCASTLE 1788 HAMILTON DISCO BAY NEWCASTLE 1789 HARRISON WALKER HULL 1812/14 HARRISON NORFOLK BERWICK 1827, 1836 HARRISON Richd LORD WELLINGTON HULL 1834 HAWKINS WILLIAM HULL 1820/3 HAWKINS LION LIVERPOOL 1810, 1814 HAWKINS ELLISON HULL 1811 HAWKINS ELLERTHORPE HULL 1812 HAWKINS EVERTHORPE HULL 1813/18/19 HENRY GIPSY PETERHEAD 1857 HEWITSON OCEAN HULL 1812 HEWITT PROGRESS HULL 1806/7 HEWITT SARAH & ELIZABETH HULL 1801 HEWITT SAMUELS HULL 1805 HIBBS ABRAM HULL 1835 HILL RODNEY DUNDEE 1810 HOCKSTRA HARLINGEN HARLINGEN 1826 HODGSON ROYAL EXCHANGE NEWCASTLE 1768 HOGG J. RESOLUTION 1833/36 HOGG J. INVINCIBLE PETERHEAD 1819/21/23 HOLBERRY GARDNER & JOSEPH HULL 1813 HOLBERRY ELLISON HULL 1807/08 HOLMES LADY JANE NEWCASTLE 1804-6, 1810/13 HORD Jeremiah LEEDS INDUSTRY 1777 HORD Jeremiah MARY 1784 HORNBY BIRNIE GRIMSBY 1804/5/6/7/10 HORNBY DUNCOMBE HULL 1801 HUMPREY ISABELLA HULL 1827, 1833 HUMPHREYS ALBION HULL 1821/23 HUNTER NEW MANCHESTER HULL 1810 HURST ARIEL HULL 1817/18/20 HUTCHINSON SAMUEL HULL 1789 HUTCHISON ACTIVE PETERHEAD 1828 HUTCHISON SUPERIOR PETERHEAD 1816 HUTCHISON A. TRAVELLER PETERHEAD 1821/23 HUTCHISON W. UNION PETERHEAD 1813/14 JACKMAN AURORA DUNDEE 1895 JACKSON W. LORD GAMBIER HULL 1845 JACKSON ABRAM HULL 1824/27 JACKSON MERCURY HULL 1820 JACKSON JOHN GREENOCK 1817/18 JACKSON CHERUB HULL 1818 JACKSON LOYALTY STOCKTON 1789 JAMESON JANE ABERDEEN 1810 JAMESON JOHN & MARGARET NEWCASTLE 1789, 1791, 1801 JAMESON FANNY 1803. wrecked. JEFFRIES HORN DUNDEE 1827 JENNISON FANNY HULL 1801 JOHNSON ALFRED 1825 JOHNSON EVERTHORPE HULL 1827 JOHNSON CUMBRIAN HULL 1821-1823 JOHNSON AIMWELL WHITBY 1811, 1816 JOHNSON ELLISON HULL 1823 JOHNSON WILLIAM & ANN WHITBY 1806 JOHNSON MIDDLETON NEWCASTLE 1804/5/6/8 JOHNSTON WILLIAM & ANN WHITBY 1808 JOHNSTON MIDDLETON NEWCASTLE 1808 JUBB J. DIANA HULL 1792 KEARSLEY HENRIETTA WHITBY 1798, 1801, 1808, 1811/12 1816/19 KEEDY KITTY NEWCASTLE 1789, 1791 KEILAH SHANNON HULL 1817 KEILAH WILLIAM HULL 1812 KELLETT RESOLUTE 1851 KELLY ROYAL BOUNTY LEITH 1810, 1813 KELLY NANCY LONDON 1788 KENNEDY PRINCE ALBERT 1851 KERR Robert FAIRY DUNDEE 1849 KERR ROYAL BOUNTY LEITH 1764 KILGOUR RESOLUTE 1882 KILGOUR NOVA ZEMBLA DUNDEE 1882 KILLICK CALYPSO TYNESIDE 1805/6 KIRBY EGGINTON HULL 1816 KIRK LIVELY WHITBY 1826. Lost with all hands. KITCHINGMAN CATO HULL 1823 KRAISTER BRODERICK NEWCASTLE 1789 LAWSON MAJESTIC 1818 LAZENBY Samuel HUMBER HULL 1777, 1778 LEASK LADY JANE NEWCASTLE 1836 LEE Thomas PRINCE OF WALES HULL 1848 LEE CICERO HULL 1824/25 LEE LEE HULL 1826 - 1830 LISTON LARKINS LEITH 1821, lost LLOYD TRAFALGER 1822 LYALL JUNO LEITH 1827 LYON RAITH LEITH 1799To Surnames M-Z