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 MACARTNEY J. ANN & ELIZABETH HULL 1770 MACKIE ALERT PETERHEAD 1882 MACKIE DUBLIN 1849 MACKIE A. HOPE PETERHEAD 1816 MACKIE T. UNION PETERHEAD 1816/21/23 MADDISON JANE HULL 1823/24/27 MADDISON THREE BROTHERS HULL 1817 MANGER TRUELOVE HULL 1831 - 1833 MANGER (Hull man) LADY FORBES LIVERPOOL 1822 MANGER PROGRESS HULL 1822/23 MANNERS CORONATION LONDON 1763 MANSON D. SUPERIOR PETERHEAD 1821/23 1833/36 MARKHAM VOLUNTEER ex Whitby HULL 1829 MARKHAM ACTIVE 1873 MARSHALL SAMUELS HULL 1803, 1806, 1807/8 MARSHALL ANDREW MARVEL HULL 1812 MARSHALL BROTHERS HULL 1794, 1801 MARTIN COMET HULL 1833 MARTIN R. GLEANER PETERHEAD 1840 MATSON MANCHESTER HULL 1797, 1801 MAXWELL Peter COUNTESS HOPETOWN 1798 McBRIDE FRIENDSHIP HULL 1819, 1820 McBRIDE HARMONY HULL 1806 McINTOSH INGRIA HULL 1820 - 1823 McINTOSH OXENHOPE HULL 1830 McKAY TERRA NOVA DUNDEE 1894/5 McKENZIE GILDER HULL 1827 McKIVER MARIA HULL 1801 McLELLAND CATHERINE NEWCASTLE 1804 McLENNAN NARWHALL DUNDEE 1882 McLENNAN STAR DUNDEE 1882 McLENNAN LION GREENOCK 1865 McLEOD MILNES HULL 1756 METCALF GOLDEN LYON LIVERPOOL 1753, 1758/9, 1761 MILLS PHEONIX WHITBY 1831 MILNE ESQUIMAX DUNDEE 1882/90/91 MILNE DIANA DUNDEE 1910 MILNER TRUELOVE HULL 1806 MITCHINSON JOHN HULL 1801 MOFFAT DIAMOND ABERDEEN 1812 MORRIS FORTITUDE LONDON 1811 MUIRHEAD LARKINS 1818 MUNROE M. CUMBRIAN HULL 1827, 1831 MUNROE Martin CLAPHAM HULL 1814/15 MUNROE Martin NEPTUNE HULL 1819 - 1821 MUNROE BAFFIN LEITH 1827 MUNROE EXMOUTH 1825 MURRAY BALAENA DUNDEE 1908/9 MURRAY WINDWARD PETERHEAD 1882 NESBITT JAMES LIVERPOOL 1820 NESBITT LION LIVERPOOL 1817 NEWTON THOMAS & ANN LEITH 1808 NICOLL John VICTOR 1877 NICHOL POLYNIA HULL 1865 NICHOLL TAY DUNDEE 1861 NICHOLL EMMA DUNDEE 1863 NICHOLSON PEGGY LIVERPOOL 1791 NICHOLSON Andrew BERRY HULL 1754 NORTH WILLIAM HULL 1830 Wrecked - Cpt North died. OGSTON PERSEVERANCE 1833, 1836 OGSTON TRAVELLER PETERHEAD 1849 OGSTON WILLIAM 1843 ORTON ANDREW MARVEL HULL 1816/19, 1821/23 OSTLE LEVIATHAN WHITBY 1758 PALMER LYNX HULL 1801 PARKER EMMA 1856/7 PARKER HARMONY HULL 1831 PARKER TRUELOVE HULL 1841/7/9, 1852, 1853 PARKER William BON ACCORD ABERDEEN 1813-1840 PATTINSON John LEVIATHAN 1759 PATTISON ALEXANDER DUNDEE 1861 PATTISON KING GEORGE LONDON 1820 PEACOCK ROBERT brig PETERHEAD 1799 PENNY ADVICE DUNDEE 1849 PENNY LADY FRANKLIN ABERDEEN 1850 PENNY NEPTUNE ABERDEEN 1839 PENNY POLYNIA DUNDEE 1861 PENNY W. ST. ANDREW ABERDEEN 1844/5 PENNY W. ALERT PETERHEAD 1823 PENNY W. PERSEVERANCE PETERHEAD 1813/1816 PETRE THAMES LONDON 1768 PHILLIP ENTERPRISE PETERHEAD 1816 PHILLIPS NOVA ZEMBLA DUNDEE 1889 PHILLIPS EXETER EXETER 1764 1765 PHILLIPS NARWHALL DUNDEE 1882 PHILLIPS Thos RESOLUTION PETERHEAD 1821/23/24, 1830 PINDER MARY ANNE LONDON 1800 POTTINGER CALEDONIA BO'NESS 1789 POTTS CONTENT NEWCASTLE 1804 - 1806 POTTS John MOLLY HULL 1777 PRESWICK LEVIATHAN NEWCASTLE 1817 PROVEN KING GEORGE LONDON 1822 QUICKFALL JAMES WHITBY 1821/23 REID J. JEAN PETERHEAD 1821 READ BOYNE YARMOUTH 1806 RICH ROYAL BOUNTY 1819 wrecked ROBERTSON POLAR STAR DUNDEE 1882 ROBERTSON BALAENA 1900 ROBERTSON Tam SCOTIA 1905, 1907 ROBERTSON HOPE PETERHEAD 1823 ROBERTSON LADY FORBES LIVERPOOL 1820 ROBERTSON R. DEXTERITY PETERHEAD 1823 ROBERTSON W. HANNIBAL PETERHEAD 1821/23 ROLAND NAUTILUS WHITBY 1791 ROSE TRAFALGAR HULL 1807. 1810 ROSE SARAH & ELIZABETH HULL 1794 ROSE John ENTERPRISE 1798 ROSE ACTAEON HULL 1806. 1808 prisoner at Harlingen ROSE LOTTERY HULL 1801 ROSE SYMMETRY HULL 1801 ROSS HANNIBAL PETERHEAD 1824 ROSS ISABELLA HULL 1818 SADLER Joseph GILDER HULL 1813/14 SADLER WALKER 1808/9 1811 SADLER Angus AURORA HULL 1806/7/8 1810 SADLER Angus MOLLY HULL 1797/9 1801/2 SADLER Peter MANCHESTER HULL 1784/8/9 1792 1794 (died at sea) SALMON ACTIVE DUNDEE 1882 SANDERSON ENTERPRISE LYNN 1818 SANGSTER HOPE PETERHEAD 1810/11 SANGSTER ENTERPRISE PETERHEAD 1812/13 SAWYER HARMONY HULL 1827 SCOFFIN DUNCOMBE HULL 1826. 1833 SCORESBY Jnr BAFFIN LIVERPOOL 1820 - 22 SCORESBY Jnr ESK WHITBY 1816 SCORESBY Sen MARS WHITBY 1816/17 SCORESBY Sen FAME HULL 1818 - 1823 SCORESBY Sen JOHN GREENOCK 1811 - 1814 SCORESBY Sen RESOLUTION WHITBY 1803/4/6/7/8/9 1810/11 SCORESBY Sen HENRIETTA WHITBY 1785 1794 1797 SCORESBY Sen DUNDEE LONDON 1798 SCOTT BRITANNIA LIVERPOOL 1763 SELLAR POLAR STAR PETERHEAD 1861 SHAFTO ANSON LONDON 1765 SHAND GLEANER PETERHEAD 1823 SHARP Edward BETSY LONDON 1787 SIMPSON G. COMMERCE PETERHEAD 1843 SIMPSON G. TRAVELLER PETERHEAD 1826/7/8. 1830/33/34/36 1840/42 SIMPSON G. PERSEVERANCE PETERHEAD 1821/23 SINCLAIR VALIANT WHITBY 1815/1816 SMALL HENRIETTA ABERDEEN 1820 SMITH WILLIAM & ANN LEITH 1827 SMITH JAMES WHITBY 1811/13/16 SMITH EARL FAUCONBERG GRIMSBY 1806 SOUTER MAZINTHIEN 1882 SOUTER WILDFIRE DUNDEE 1865 SPENCE ELLISON ABERDEEN 1825 SPENCER CAMBLETON LEITH 1764 STAFFORD JEAN PETERHEAD 1823 STAIRTON WILLIAM & ANN 1836 STANDIDGE BRITISH QUEEN HULL 1767 STEPHENS NORFOLK BERWICK 1822 STEPHENS HARMONY WHITBY 1821 STEPHENSON SARAH NEWCASTLE 1804/5 STEVENS WILLIAM & ANN WHITBY 1811 STEWARD RESOLUTION HULL 1789 STEWART A. COMMERCE 1836 STEWART HANNIBAL PETERHEAD 1840 STEWART JOSEPH GREEN 1843. 1852 STODDART RATTLER LEITH 1819 STORY GARDNER & JOSEPH HULL 1806/7 STOWERS AURORA LONDON 1791 STURROCK ALEXANDER DUNDEE 1852 STURROCK DUNDEE DUNDEE 1861 STURROCK NARWHAL DUNDEE 1865 SUTTAR ECLIPSE PETERHEAD 1823 SUTTAR RESOLUTION PETERHEAD 1813. 1816 SUTTAR ACTIVE PETERHEAD 1810 - 1812 TATE MUNIFICENCE HULL 1806 TATHER JANE 1835 TATHER LEVIATHAN HULL 1803/7/9 1810 1814 TATHER ELIZABETH HULL 1801 TAYLOR ACTIVE 1882 TAYLOR GRENVILLE BAY SHIELDS 1835/6/7 TAYLOR DUNCAN HULL 1809 TAYLOR THOMAS 1811 TAYLOR LIVELY BERWICK 1825 TAYLOR R. FANNY HULL 1792 1795 1797 TERRY WILLIAM & ANN WHITBY 1821/23 1830 THOM A. MARY PETERHEAD 1823 THOMPSON SUCCESS LEITH 1810. 1825 THOMPSON DIAMOND ABERDEEN 1819 THOMPSON P. MOLLY HULL 1775 THOMPSON CONTENT NEWCASTLE 1801 THOMPSON Thomas BENJAMIN HULL 1777 THOMPSON GOLDEN LION LIVERPOOL 1759,1766/68 THOMS BRITISH QUEEN HULL 1766 THOMS William BERRY HULL 1758 TODD JAMES & MARY WHITBY 1768 TODD HENRY & MARY WHITBY 1753 TRUMAN EVERTHORPE HULL 1811 TURPIN THOMAS & ANN LEITH 1819 UNTHANK ZEPHYR HULL 1821/23 VALENTINE ACHILLES DUNDEE 1827 VOLUM J. JOSEPH GREEN 1836 VOLUM ENTEPRISE PETERHEAD 1804/5/8 1810/11 WAKE MARY & ELIZABETH HULL 1811 WAKE RICHARD HULL 1808 WALKER ALEXANDER 1865 WALKER WILDFIRE DUNDEE 1861 WALKER UNDAUNTED PETERHEAD 1857 WALKER PERSEVERANCE PETERHEAD 1882 WALKER J.B. ERIK DUNDEE 1871, 1882 WALKER POLYNIA DUNDEE 1882 WALKER VICTOR DUNDEE 1865 WAREHAM GRENVILLE BAY 1832 WARRENS John TRY AGAIN 1775 WATERHOUSE PARNASSUS LONDON 1763 WATERHOUSE HAWKE LONDON 1765 WATERHOUSE PITT LONDON 1766 WATSON John MAUD DUNDEE 1884 WATSON BRITANNIA LONDON 1791 WATSON ARIEL HULL 1826 WATSON KIERO HULL 1819 WATSON TRUELOVE HULL 1812/14 1816 WATSON MANCHESTER HULL 1801 WEATHERHEAD OTTER LONDON 1789 WEBSTER BLENHEIM HULL 1801 WEBSTER THOMAS HULL 1806 WEBSTER TAY DUNDEE 1791 WEBSTER SAMUEL HULL 1801 WEBSTER LIVELY WHITBY 1791 WELLS W. TRUELOVE 1854/56, 1862, 1866/7 WHEATLEY GRAMPUS LIVERPOOL 1768 WHITE YOUNG EAGLE LONDON 1789 WILKINSON MARY FRANCIS HULL 1823 WILKINSON ARIEL HULL 1801 WILLIAMSON PRESCOTT 1813 WILLIS Edward DORDON 1831 WILSON Stephen ABRAM HULL 1822 WILSON MANCHESTER HULL 1796 captured by Dutch WILSON OLIVE BRANCH 1807 lost, Captain not found. WILSON LIVELY WHITBY 1811 WILSON Matthew JOHN & MARGERY BLYTH 1758 WOOD SEAHORSE LONDON 1765 WOOD ADVENTURE HULL 1801 WOOD R. SELBY HULL 1792 WOOLF John JOHN & MARY HULL 1788 WRAY MARY & ELIZABETH HULL 1807 WRAY W. GIBRALTAR HULL 1792/6 Cpt imprisoned at Dunkirk WRAY EGGINTON HULL 1797 WRIGHT Matthew EAGLE HULL 1830 WRIGHT Matthew ANDREW MARVEL 1833 WRIGHT HECLA PETERHEAD 1840 YOUNG ELIZA SWAN MONTROSE 1810 YOUNG HOWE NEWCASTLE 1804-1806 YOUNG ELBE ABERDEEN 1818 YULE ESQUIMAUX DUNDEE 1865 - 1879 YULE RESOLUTE 1880 YULE POLYNIA 1882/3To Surnames A - L