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Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler
Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler Model
Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler
Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler

Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler Model

Associated (auxiliary steam whaler, built 1867)
Associated
Maker
Builder (Ship builders; 1811 - 1958)
Date1875-1949
Object NameShip Model
Mediumwood
ClassificationsWhaling
DimensionsOverall: Length: 64.3 cm, Width: 8.7 cm, Height: 36.3 cm
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS003119
Keywords
About MeThis is a model of the steam whaler Eclipse, built in 1867 by Alexander Hall, Aberdeen. The first Aberdeen whalers sailed to the Arctic in 1752. By the early 19th century, 14 vessels went regularly to hunt the Greenland Right Whale. Its blubber provided lamp oil while whalebone, used in dressmaking, was also prized.

Whaling was a risky business: vessels were sometimes crushed by ice. Others returned clean, with no catch. By the 1830s, overfishing had seriously affected the industry and Aberdeen vessels gradually abandoned the trade.

Eclipse went whaling from Peterhead for many years. It was finally sunk in 1941 during a German air raid on Archangel, while working as a Russian oceanographic vessel.

Image Not Available for Variola -Whaling Brig
Variola -Whaling Brig
Whaler with Equipment and Rack
Whaler with Equipment and Rack
Ian C Calder
1800 - 1850
Image Not Available for Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
1829 - 1849
Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
Image Not Available for Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
Image Not Available for Whaler's Gun Lance
Whaler's Gun Lance
Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
Harpoon & Head Used By Whalers
Harpoon Used By Whalers
Harpoon Used By Whalers
True Love
1800 - 1850
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "whaler"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene showing whaler Southern Hunter
Whalebone Walking Stick
Whalebone Walking Stick
Image Not Available for Baleen (Whalebone From Mouth Of Baleen Whale)
Baleen (Whalebone From Mouth Of Baleen Whale)
19th Century
Image Not Available for Narwhal Tusk
Narwhal Tusk
19th Century
Image Not Available for Narwhal Tusk
Narwhal Tusk
19th Century
Image Not Available for Harpoon With Swivel Head
Harpoon With Swivel Head
c. 1860
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "the whale's bones"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "the whale's bones"
Image Not Available for Ear Bone Of A Whale, Found At Red Crag, East Anglia. Geological specimen
Ear Bone Of A Whale, Found At Red Crag, East Anglia. Geological specimen
Image Not Available for Ear Bone Of A Whale
Ear Bone Of A Whale
Image Not Available for Four Teeth From A Bottle-Nosed Whale
Four Teeth From A Bottle-Nosed Whale
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "cutting off blubber"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "cutting off blubber"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "crow's nest. whale sighted"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "crow's nest. whale sighted"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "cutting of whales"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "cutting of whales"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "baby iceberg"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "baby iceberg"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "whale being pulled up through stern of the mother …
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "whale being pulled up through stern of the mother ship"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "'shooting' the whale with harpoon gun"
Black and white photograph of whaling scene "'shooting' the whale with harpoon gun"