Whales in Scarborough history
Here are some references to whaling in Scarborough in the history books.
Whale fishery in 1777
"February 24th", came into Scarborough Harbour, the "Speedwell" tender, Captain Fox , and impressed 150 men. March 13th, the "Britannia," whaler, Captain Pilmoor, sailed for Greenland. July 25th, the Britannia arrived from Greenland, with three fish and sixty butts of blubber; voyage four months twelve days.
SOURCE Page 52 Memorials of Scarborough
A whaling adventure off Scarborough
On the 25th of November, 1785, two large sized whales (as were supposed, the male and female) being seen from this place, were pursued, and one of them was struck by a seaman. Attacking the fish, he jumped upon its back. Whilst there the novelty of his position confused him, and he did not follow the directions given to him, and so the harpoon did not penetrate to a sufficient depth, and the fish, worth many hundreds of pounds, made its escape.
SOURCE Page 52 Memorials of Scarborough
History of Scarborough , Rowntree p180
"Baker quotes a coprporation lease of 1630, granted to Samuel Hodgson and Peter Rosdell for what was virtually a monopoly for converting blubber, liver, and other refuse into "trayn oyle"; and adds that later a Mr Sollet had the monopoly as well as the benefit of a common lane adjoining the fish grounds "to sell his caskes of blubber and oyle on." He states that later an oil house was built by Stephen Wharton for the purpose of boiling blubber brought by his ships from the whale fishery, about where St. Nicholas House (now the Town Hall) stands; and that there was another blubber boiling house in the Castle Holmes
The Prescott books in Scarborough Library mention Jonah the whale an exhibition advertised in the Scarborough Evening News 29-6-1954. A Norwegian exhibition on 29-6-1954 for one day only. Northway car park by Odeon cinema. Weight 69 tons length 66 feet. Exhibited on the longest lorry in the world. See a whale in its natural state.
OTHER ARTICLES
• Theakston's guide to the Scarborough fisheries 1866
• A Harbour quarrel by John Rushton - Scarborough history
• A scarborough Merchant - An article on scarboroughs maritime history by John Rushton
• The Whitby whale fishing industry
• History of the Whitby whaling industry
• The 200 year history of scarboroughs RNLI
• A Scarborough aprentice runs away to sea
• Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough
• Meadleys Memorials of Scarborough history
• The history of the Graham Sea Training School
• Pollack,codfish,and pollack fishing in Scarborough in the 1800's
• The Crimlisk fishing family history in Scarborough Filey and Hull
• Strange customs amongst the Scarborough shipbuilders
• The Harwood and Bullamore fishing family history in Scarborough
• A scarborough man emigrates to Australia
• A sea shanty about a storm on the Scarborough coast
• Life in Scarborough harbour and by the sea
• Watching for ships by the harbour walls in Scarborough
• A general history of Scarborough
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