''Harriet'' was launched at Yarmouth in 1836. Between 1836 and 1840 she may have made one voyage as a
whaler
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Terminology
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in the British southern whale fishery. She burnt in 1842.
Career
''Harriet'' entered ''
Lloyd's Register
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'' (''LR'') in 1836 with J. Somes, owner, and homeport of London.
[''LR'' (1836), Seq.№H127.]
/ref> Between 1836 and 1840, ''LR'' continued to carry ''Harriet'', but without any name for her master or any reference to her trade.
''Harriet'', Apsey (or Absey), master, sailed from Great Britain on 16 September 1836, bound for the waters off New Zealand. She was reported at the Bay of Islands
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and the Hawaiian islands. She returned to Great Britain on 25 September 1840 with 300 casks (150 tons) of oil.
Loss: On 19 April 1842 ''Harriet'', Beach, master, was almost finished loading at Calcutta
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, India
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, for her return voyage to Great Britain when at about 1p.m. she caught fire. She was carrying general cargo and saltpeter. The fire spread so rapidly Beach, his officers, and crew, had to jump overboard to save themselves.["Ships burnt and destroyed" (November 1847) ''Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs''. Vol.16, p.588.][
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1836 ships
Age of Sail merchant ships of England
Maritime incidents in April 1842
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