Traveller was launched at Hull in 1786. She traded between Hull and the Baltic until 1796 or so, when she began making annual voyages as a Greenlandman, that is, as a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She was captured in 1808 during the Gunboat War while trading with the Baltic between annual whaling voyages.
Career Traveller first entered and Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786.LR (1786), Seq.No.T421.
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1786 Wright Green & Co. Hull–Petersburg LR 1789 Harwood Green & Co. Hull–Königsberg LR 1796 ComplemanG.Armstrong Green & Co. Hull–KönigsbergHull–Greenland LR 1797 Armstrong Green & Co. Hull–KönigsbergHull–Greenland LR 1798 Armstrong Green & Co. Hull–Greenland LR
From at least 1796 on Traveller engaged in whale hunting in the northern whale fishery.
Year Tuns of whale oil 1796 100 1797 90 1798 120 1799 74 180080 1801 94
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1802 ArmstrongW.Vennis Green & Co.Levitt Hull–Greenland LR
Year Tuns of whale oil 1802 22 1803 15.5
Year Master Owner Trade Source 1804 W.VennisKeeler LevittEggington Hull–Greenland LR 1805 KeelerFoster EggingtonLevett Hull–Greenland LR
Year Tuns of whale oil 1804 104 1805 124 1806 84 1807 109
The whaling season generally ran from March–April to September–October. Between whaling voyages, Traveller sailed to the Baltic. Lloyd's List reported in January 1806 that Traveller, Foster, master, had arrived at Hull having sailed from Riga via the Elbe, where she had joined a convoy under escort by the armed ship .
Fate Lloyd's List reported in January 1808 that Traveller, Foster, master, had put into Carlsham to join a convoy. Lloyd's List reported in February that Ann, Harrison, master, and Traveller, Foster, master, from Stockholm, were captured and taken into Bornholm.
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