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The Bark "Kathleen" Sunk by a Whale (As Related by the Captain)
The Bark "Kathleen" Sunk by a Whale (As Related by the Captain)
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This is a short book, that describes the sinking of the bark "Kathleen" after she sailed from New Bedford, Mass., in October of 1901 for a whaling voyage in the South Atlantic. This true story is related by the Captain of the "Kathleen", Thomas Jenkins.
In addition, there is included a short history of two like whale encounters, the ship "Ann Alexander" in 1851 was sunk by a maddened whale in the Pacific Ocean, and the "Essex" which in, November of 1819 was sunk by a whale in the South Pacific Ocean with loss of life. It has been said that the Essex incident may have inspired Melville to write "Moby Dick."
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Mr. Nichols was then alongside, just going to hoist his boat. I told him there was a whale, a big fellow, trying to get alongside and to go and help him along and he did help him along. He took him head and head and did not get fast. I don't know why. He certainly was near enough, the boatsteerer said too near, and did not have a chance to swing his iron.
Instead of that whale going down or going to windward as they most always do, he kept coming directly for the ship, only much faster than he was coming before he was darted at. When he got within thirty feet of the ship he saw or heard something and tried to go under the ship but he was so near and was coming so fast he did not have room enough to get clear of her.
He struck the ship forward of the mizzen rigging and about live or six feet under water. It shook the ship considerably when he struck her, then he tried to come up and he raised the stern up some two or three feet so when she came down her counters made a big splash. The whale came up on the other side of the ship and laid there and rolled, did not seem to know what to do. I asked the cooper if he thought the whale had hurt the ship any and he said he did not think so for he had not heard anything crack.
This is a short book, that describes the sinking of the bark "Kathleen" after she sailed from New Bedford, Mass., in October of 1901 for a whaling voyage in the South Atlantic. This true story is related by the Captain of the "Kathleen", Thomas Jenkins.
In addition, there is included a short history of two like whale encounters, the ship "Ann Alexander" in 1851 was sunk by a maddened whale in the Pacific Ocean, and the "Essex" which in, November of 1819 was sunk by a whale in the South Pacific Ocean with loss of life. It has been said that the Essex incident may have inspired Melville to write "Moby Dick."
Excerpts:
Mr. Nichols was then alongside, just going to hoist his boat. I told him there was a whale, a big fellow, trying to get alongside and to go and help him along and he did help him along. He took him head and head and did not get fast. I don't know why. He certainly was near enough, the boatsteerer said too near, and did not have a chance to swing his iron.
Instead of that whale going down or going to windward as they most always do, he kept coming directly for the ship, only much faster than he was coming before he was darted at. When he got within thirty feet of the ship he saw or heard something and tried to go under the ship but he was so near and was coming so fast he did not have room enough to get clear of her.
He struck the ship forward of the mizzen rigging and about live or six feet under water. It shook the ship considerably when he struck her, then he tried to come up and he raised the stern up some two or three feet so when she came down her counters made a big splash. The whale came up on the other side of the ship and laid there and rolled, did not seem to know what to do. I asked the cooper if he thought the whale had hurt the ship any and he said he did not think so for he had not heard anything crack.
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