Name Phoenix Fate Wrecked 1858 Launched 1821 | Builder Rochester, MA Tons burthen 325 (bm) | |
Owner T&P Macy (1844)Gardner & McCeave (1853) | ||
Phoenix, or Phenix, was an American wooden whaler, launched in 1821. She plied the Pacific Ocean from her homeport of Nantucket, Massachusetts. She made ten complete voyages between 1821 and her loss, on her 11th voyage, in 1858.
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Phoenix discovered of Winslow Reef, northwest of Canton, in 1851. Her name became attached to the entire group of Phoenix Islands in the South Pacific are named after a ship, which was active in the area in the 1820s, which may be this ship. The crew of the Phoenix and her captain, Perry Winslow, were also the discoverers of Winslow Reef.
Phoenix was in the Galapagos in 1835 and 1836. On 10 January 1836 the crew was ashore and left graffiti carved into rocks there. While in the Galapagos islands the crew also gathered tortoises to eat, perhaps as many as 140.
Whaling voyages
Between 1821 and 1858, Phoenix made 11 whaling voyages:
Fate
Phoenix was lost on Elbow Island in the Sea of Okhotsk on 12 October 1858, about 100 miles from Ayan.