Comments on: Baffin of Liverpool: The Last Liverpool Whaler?

By: Ribbons and Garters: New Whaling Technology in the 1820s « Chris Routledge

Ribbons and Garters: New Whaling Technology in the 1820s « Chris Routledge — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:16:15 +0000

[...] luck. George Manby, who accompanied William Scoresby on his voyage from Liverpool on board the Baffin in 1821, observed harpooners weaving ribbons and garters, given by wives and sweethearts, into the [...]

By: The 1830 Baffin Fair « Chris Routledge

The 1830 Baffin Fair « Chris Routledge — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:59:36 +0000

[...] fleet lost 19 ships out of 90 in the Davis Strait. These included Scoresby’s former ship Baffin, and the John, once captained by his brother in law, William Jackson. In 1830 the John was based [...]

By: Prevailing Winds, History, and Forgetting « Chris Routledge

Prevailing Winds, History, and Forgetting « Chris Routledge — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:32:53 +0000

[...] of fifty men were preparing to sail from Liverpool to the whale fishery off Greenland in the ship, Baffin. Unfortunately the voyage was delayed for about a week because a westerly wind prevented them from [...]

By: Scoresby’s Map of Greenland « Chris Routledge

Scoresby’s Map of Greenland « Chris Routledge — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:43:48 +0000

[...] Greenland, Rathbones by Chris Routledge In 1822 William Scoresby Jr., commander of the ship Baffin of Liverpool, spent the summer months in the Arctic, catching whales and mapping the coast of Greenland. It is [...]

By: Liverpool’s Floating Churches and a Famous Chaplain | Chris Routledge

Liverpool’s Floating Churches and a Famous Chaplain | Chris Routledge — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:29:22 +0000

[...] numbers of ships lost. Scoresby first moved to Liverpool from Whitby in 1819 and built his ship the Baffin there. He returned to the city as chaplain in 1827 and stayed for five years before moving [...]