Necker (1789 ship)
Necker was a French whaler operating out of Dunkirk under United States masters (primarily from Nantucket) that made three whaling voyages to Greenland, the coast of Brazil, and the Pacific, before a British privateer captured her in September 1793 after the outbreak of war with France while she was on her fourth voyage. Career. The source for the whaling voyages is the Whaling History database. William Haydon commissioned "Necker" in April 1789, with 20 men. 1st whaling voyage (1789): Captain Richard Coffin sailed "Necker" to Greenland on 26 April 1789. She returned on 26 July. 2nd whaling  voyage (1789–1790): Captain Richard Coffin sailed "Necker" to the coast of Brazil on 13 August 1789. On 7 September "Neckar", Coffin, master, was at Santiago, Cape Verde. Later during the voyage a whale killed Coffin; Amaziah Gardner replaced him as master. "Necker" returned to Dunkirk on 28 June 1790 with 583 barrels of whale oil and 6000 pounds of whale bone. 3rd whaling voyage (1790–1792): Captain John Hawes sailed "Necker" from Dunkirk on 10 October 1790, bound for the Pacific. "Neckar", Howes, master, was reported to have been well on 15 June 1790 around Cape Horn. She returned to Dunkirk  on 26 March 1792 with 839 barrels of whale oil. By one report, at the time of her return to Dunkirk she was under the command of "Coffin". 4th whaling voyage (1792–1793): Captain George Whippey sailed "Necker" from Dunkirk on 3 September 1792, bound for the coast of Brazil. Capture. The British privateer , Hugh Passmore, master, captured "Necker" in September 1793, and sent her into Dartmouth. "Neckar", Mitchell, master, prize to "Bustler", arrived at Gravesend on 21 October 1793. Citations and references. Citations References