Lynx was launched at Whitby in 1776. From 1777 to 1798 she traded with the Baltic. Between 1798 and 1811 Lynx engaged in whaling in Davis Strait, in the British northern whale fishery. She then changed to trading with New Brunswick; in 1812 a French privateer captured her. __TOC__ Career Lynx first appeared in Lloyd's List (LR) in 1778.LR (1778), Seq.No.310. She had already sailed to the Baltic early in 1777.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1778 Middleton Capt.&Co. Archangel–Hull LR 1781 MiddletonR.Smith Middleton Riga–LondonLondon transport LR 1784 H.SmithE.Preston Middleton London transport LR 1787 E.Preston Middleton Liverpool–Baltic LR
In 1786 Lynxs ownership shifted her registry to Hull. Her owners in 1787 were Jos. Barker, Thos. Middleton and James Atty. Her captain was Elisha Preston.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1789 E.PrestonW.Lumsden Middleton PetersburgHull LR 1792 LumsdenJ.Medd Middleton HullPetersburg LR; small repairs 1792 1797 Wray Middleton HullPetersburg LR; small repairs 1792 1798 WrayBanks Middleton HullPetersburg LR; small repairs 1792 & almost rebuilt 1797
From 1798 to 1811 Lynx sailed from Hull on annual whaling voyages to Davis Strait. The data below is from Coltish, augmented with information from newspaper reports.
Year Master Whales Butts blubber Tuns whale oil 1798 Banks 72 1799 Banks 5 200 66 1800 Banks 7 290 90 1801 Palmer 10 150 1802 53 1803 Wallace 3 130 45 1804 Wallace 7 270 98 1805 Wallace 7 275 106 1806 Wallace 4 84 1807 Wallace 5 93 1808 Wallace 8 185 1809 Weldon 17 500 194 1810 Wallace 16 480 196 1811 Briggs 3 42
After her return from Davis Strait in 1811, her owners withdrew Lynx from whaling and started to sail her to North America.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1811 WildonBriggsDewear J.Dopkins Hull–Davis Strait LR; almost rebuilt 1797, & damages repaired 1802 1813 S.Dewear J.Dopkins Hull–America LR; almost rebuilt 1797, damages repaired 1802, & good repair 1811
Fate Lynx, Dewar, master, sailed from Hull to New Brunswick. As she was returning from New Brunswick a French privateer captured her on 23 January 1812 at . Her crew arrived safely at Kingsbridge.
The LR issue for 1813 carried the annotation "captured" under Lynxs name.LR (1813), Seq.No.L636.
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