Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799.On November 20, 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., the ship was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.About 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) from the coast of South America, the 20-man crew was forced to make for land in three whaleboats with ...

Essex, American whaling ship that was rammed by a sperm whale on November 20, 1820, and later sank. Although all 20 crewmen initially survived, only 8 were rescued following an arduous journey that devolved into cannibalism.The sinking inspired the climactic scene in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (1851).. Construction and whaling

2020年11月2日 · Whaling was no easy venture. Whalers would set off from the main ship in teams aboard smaller boats, from which they would try to harpoon a whale and stab it to death with a lance. At least the crew aboard the Essex were on the main ship when the sperm whale attacked them. Owen Chase, the first mate on the Essex, first saw the whale. At 85 feet ...

2024年11月20日 · Inside the Terrifying True Story of the Sperm Whale That Sank the Whale-Ship ‘Essex’ and Inspired Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months ...

Four American ships that have worked as whalers (whaling ships) have borne the name Essex: Essex (1789 whaler) , was launched in Hampton, New Hampshire, and made at least two whaling voyages. Essex (1799 whaleship) , was launched in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and made seven recorded whaling voyages; she is most famous for the last, which ended ...

Essex, U.S. whaling ship that was rammed by a sperm whale in 1820 and later sank.All 20 crew members initially survived, but only 8 were rescued, following an arduous journey that devolved into cannibalism. The sinking inspired the climactic scene in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (1851). Built in 1799 in Amesbury, Mass., and known as a lucky vessel, the 87-ft- …

2013年3月1日 · Captain George Pollard Jr. was just 29 years old when the Essex went down, and he survived and returned to Nantucket to captain a second whaling ship, Two Brothers. But when that ship wrecked on a ...

Paintings of the ship Spermo in the Pacific are among the earliest paintings depicting a Nantucket whaleship hunting and processing whales in the Pacific. The Essex would have looked quite similar. 2008.31.2 Whaling Crews. Whaling was a dangerous and dirty business, and ship owners constantly needed crewmen to work their ships.

On November 20, 1820, an enraged sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,300 miles from the nearest land. Twenty sailors survived the attack and quickly outfitted their three small whaleboats to make a journey to safety. ... five emaciated survivors were picked up by passing ships, three ...

Cyprien Gaulon (b. 1777), Sinking of the Nantucket Whaleship Essex by a Whale on 20 November 1820. Colored lithograph, (12 3/8” x 16 7/8”). Bordeaux, France, 1821/22. “On 13 November 1820, the American ship Le Sussex, captain G. Pollard, was attacked by a monstrous whale hitting it at the bow, at the equator, 20°West longitude.