Phoenix, or Phenix, was an American wooden whaler, launched in 1821. She plied the Pacific Ocean from her homeport of Nantucket, Massachusetts. She made ten complete voyages between 1821 and her loss, on her 11th voyage, in 1858.
Phoenix and her captain, Perry Winslow, discovered Winslow Reef, northwest of Canton, in 1851. The entire group of Phoenix Islands in the South Pacific are named after a ship, which was active in the area in the 1820s, which may be this ship.
Phoenix was in the Galapagos in 1835 and 1836. On 10 January 1836 the crew was ashore and left graffiti carved into rocks there. While in the Galapagos islands the crew also gathered tortoises to eat, perhaps as many as 140.
Whaling voyages Between 1821 and 1858, Phoenix made 11 whaling voyages:National Maritime Digital Library: Phoenix.
Departure Return Master Sperm oil (barrels) Whale oil (barrels) Notes 1821, Sep 1824, Apr Harris, David 1935 1824 1826 Temporarily withdrawn from whaling 1826, Dec 1829, Jun Fitzgerald, William 2234 0 1829, Oct 1831, Aug Gardner, John J. 2340 0 1831, Oct 1834, Jan Wilber, Sanford 2205 0 1834, Jul 1837, Feb Hussey, Isaac B. 2345 0 1827, Nov 1840, Feb Hussey, Isaac B. 2419 0 1840, Jun 1843, Feb Hamlin, Josiah 2241 24 1844, Sep 1848, Jun Winslow, Perry 1648 24 1848, Nov 1853, Feb Winslow, Perry 1648 10 1853, Jul 1856, May Morey, Israel 162 1975 of bone 1856, Oct 1858 lost Handy, Bethel (Bethuel) GiffordHinkley, J 150 1075
Fate Phoenix was lost on Elbow IslandMap of Shipwreck in the Sea of Okhotsk on 12 October 1858, about 100 miles from Ayan.
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