Broderick was launched at Shields in 1786. Between 1786 and 1793 she made seven annual voyages as a whaler in the northern whale fishery (Greenland and Davis Strait). In 1806 she accidentally sank , but in 1824 she rescued the crew of , which was foundering in the Atlantic. Broderick was last listed in 1866.

Career The following data is primarily from Coltish:

Year Master Whales Tuns whale oil Seals 1786 3 60 6 1787 3 60 6 1788 Crastor 5 112.5 0 1789 Broderick 7 137 0 1790 7 160.5 3 1791 Cloughton 4 1792 1 26 20 1793 1 15.5 2

In 1788 Broderick was in the Davis Strait. Lloyd's List reported on 18 July 1788 that Broderick, Crastor, master, had returned to Shields having caught five "fish" (whales).Lloyd's List №2004. A year later she returned from the Davis's with seven large "fish".Lloyd's List №2102.

On 4 November 1788, Broderick, arrived at Portsmouth from Gibraltar.

On 5 August 1791, Broderick, arrived at Shields, Cloughton, master, from Davis Strait, having taken four 'fish'.

Broderick first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799.LR (1799), Seq.No.B637.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1799 T.Reed Naters & Co. London transport LR 1800 T.Reed Naters & Co. London transport LR; small repairs 1800 1806 T.Reed Reed & Co. Cork LR; small repairs 1800, & keel and thorough repair 1803

On 23 January 1806, Broderick ran afoul of Jenny's Adventure, of Sunderland, off the Yorkshire coast, sinking her immediately.Lloyd's List №4294. Three crew from Jenny's Adventure were killed.

Lloyd's List reported on 15 June 1824 that the crew of Hyperion, of Shields, had abandoned her in the Atlantic Ocean. Broderick, whilst bound for Quebec, under the command of R. Peart, master and owner, rescued the crew.Lloyd's List №5916.

In 1834, Broderick, R. Peart, master and owner, sustained damages requiring repairs. At the time she was trading between Newcastle and the Baltic.Lloyd's Register №B328.

In 1845 Broderick was sailing between Shields and the Baltic and then Shields and America. Her master was W. Carr, and her owner R. Peart. She had undergone small repairs in 1839 and a large repair in 1842.Lloyd's Register (1845), №B423.

Fate Broderick was last listed in 1866 with T. Hopper, master, and S. Hewson, owner, and with trade London—Shields. That information had not changed since at least 1860 and may have been stale-dated.

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