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Hurry & Co., <a href="/wiki/Howdon" title="Howdon">Howdon</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>1801</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Wrecked 8 October 1808</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Full-rigged_ship" title="Full-rigged ship">Full-rigged ship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tons burthen</td><td>301<sup id="cite_ref-RS1809_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS1809-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Builder%27s_Old_Measurement" title="Builder's Old Measurement">bm</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Sail</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>32 men</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>8 × 18-pounder <a href="/wiki/Carronades" class="mw-redirect" title="Carronades">carronades</a><sup id="cite_ref-RS1809_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS1809-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Alexander</b></i> was a 301-ton merchant vessel launched at <a href="/wiki/North_Shields" title="North Shields">Shields</a> in 1801. She became a <a href="/wiki/Whaling_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Whaling ship">whaler</a> and made a voyage to New Zealand and the South Seas whale fisheries for Hurry & Co. She was wrecked while outbound from Liverpool in October 1808. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_(1801_ship_Shields)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Alexander</i> entered <i><a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_Register" title="Lloyd's Register">Lloyd's Register</a></i> in 1801 with owner Hurry & Co., W. Sharp, master, changing to T.Robson, and trade, London-Baltic.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1802 her master changed to R. Rhodes and her trade changed to London-South Seas.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was valued at £7,200.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClayton201455_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClayton201455-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Captain Robert Rhodes sailed <i>Alexander</i> from Britain on 18 January 1802 for the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> fishery.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was at <a href="/wiki/Maio,_Cape_Verde" title="Maio, Cape Verde">Isle of Mayo</a> on 10 March, and <a href="/wiki/Santiago,_Cape_Verde" title="Santiago, Cape Verde">St Iago</a>, both Cape Verde islands, on 18 March.<sup id="cite_ref-bswf_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bswf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 20 April. There she underwent <a href="/wiki/Calefaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Calefaction">calefaction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClayton201455_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClayton201455-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By October she was at Norfolk Island. In March 1803 she was at New Zealand, but by May she was back at Norfolk Island.<sup id="cite_ref-bswf_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bswf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <i>Alexander</i> was at the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Islands" title="Bay of Islands">Bay of Islands</a>, New Zealand, a 16-year old <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a> named Teina joined her as a sailor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECawthornn.d.4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECawthornn.d.4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Alexander</i> was reported to have arrived at <a href="/wiki/Port_Jackson" title="Port Jackson">Port Jackson</a> on 1 June 1803, having arrived there from New Zealand with "oil".<sup id="cite_ref-ATCJ_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATCJ-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oil consisted of 50 tons of <a href="/wiki/Spermaceti_oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Spermaceti oil">spermaceti oil</a>. At Norfolk, <i>Alexander</i> picked up 18,535lbs. of pork, salted there, and brought it back to Port Jackson on behalf and account of the Government of New South Wales. At Port Jackson, Teina, the first Māori recorded to have left New Zealand since 1793, stayed with <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King" title="Philip Gidley King">King</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Alexander</i> left Port Jackson on 19 September to return Teina to New Zealand. Governor King had given him gifts to take back with him, including pigs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESalmond1997_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESalmond1997-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When they arrived at New Zealand <i>Alexander</i> recruited a second Māori, Maki. He and Teina then remained sailors on board <i>Alexander</i> for the next three years until she returned to Britain. (Teina died there but Maki survived.)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECawthornn.d.4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECawthornn.d.4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Alexander</i> was again at New Zealand in December, and was reported to have been off the coast in April–May 1804. By May she again visited Norfolk Island. She returned to Port Jackson where she stayed in June–July. She was at Hobart Town and in the Derwent on 26 August when <a href="/wiki/Ocean_(1794_ship)" title="Ocean (1794 ship)"><i>Ocean</i></a> arrived with the settlers she was bringing from the failed colony at Port Phillip. <i>Alexander</i> was in the Derwent gathering whale oil from the "black whale". Her chief officer was <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Jørgen Jørgensen">Jørgen Jørgensen</a> who claimed to have harpooned the first whale taken in the Derwent.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJorgenson199662_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJorgenson199662-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was still there in September, but at New Zealand in November. She returned to Port Jackson in December.<sup id="cite_ref-bswf_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bswf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She stayed at Port Jackson until 27 February 1805, when she is recorded as having sailed for England.<sup id="cite_ref-ATCJ_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATCJ-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at Port Jackson, Rhodes took on the Danish adventurer <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_J%C3%B8rgensen" title="Jørgen Jørgensen">Jørgen Jørgensen</a> as mate. <i>Alexander</i> actually sailed first to Norfolk Island, and then New Zealand, before sailing for Cape Horn. She was forced to return to <a href="/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Otaheite</a> and was reported there in June–July 1805.<sup id="cite_ref-bswf_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bswf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Alexander</i> was at <a href="/wiki/Santa_Catarina_Island" title="Santa Catarina Island">St Catherine's</a>, off Brazil, from December 1805 to January 1806.<sup id="cite_ref-bswf_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bswf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The whaler <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_(1800_whaler)" title="Cyrus (1800 whaler)"><i>Cyrus</i></a> reported that <i>Alexander</i> was at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">St Helena</a> on 26 March 1806, having come from New Holland with 1200 barrels sperm oil. <i>Alexander</i> returned to Britain on 27 June 1806 with 105 <a href="/wiki/Barrel" title="Barrel">tuns</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sperm_oil" title="Sperm oil">sperm oil</a>, 105 tuns of whale oil. 70 tons of <a href="/wiki/Baleen" title="Baleen">whale bone</a>, 14,000 seal skins, and 22½ tuns of <a href="/wiki/Elephant_seal" title="Elephant seal">elephant seal</a> oil.<sup id="cite_ref-bswf_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bswf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unfortunately, oil prices had dropped and Rhodes found himself financially embarrassed. He was unable to pay his crew and he himself went to <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Bench_Prison" title="King's Bench Prison">King's Bench</a> <a href="/wiki/Debtors%27_prison" title="Debtors' prison">debtors' prison</a>. Teina fell ill and died. Maki survived, only to be <a href="/wiki/Shanghaiing" title="Shanghaiing">crimped</a> and sold to the master of another vessel.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201511_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201511-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Loss">Loss</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_(1801_ship_Shields)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Loss"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Lloyd's Register</i> continued to carry <i>Alexander</i>, with Rhodes, master, until 1808. She was no longer present in 1809. </p><p>The <i>Register of Shipping</i> (<i>RS</i>) for 1809 showed <i>Alexander</i> with G.White, master, Edwards, owner, and trade London transport.<sup id="cite_ref-RS1809_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS1809-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was a severe gale at Liverpool on 8 October 1808. <i>Alexander</i>, Wade, master, which had sailed for the Brazils the day before, put back and sailed some miles up the <a href="/wiki/River_Mersey" title="River Mersey">River Mersey</a> to the point where she was wrecked. Her masts were cut away and she was full of water. Three other vessels were reported to have wrecked also.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_(1801_ship_Shields)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rhodes had been to the New South Wales fisheries and the South Atlantic as mate and then master of <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_(1783_EIC_ship)" title="Hillsborough (1783 EIC ship)"><i>Hillsborough</i></a>. He had returned to Britain in April 1801.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The first Māori that arrived in England was Moehanga on the whaler <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ferret_(1784)" title="HMS Ferret (1784)"><i>Ferret</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201516–18_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201516–18-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_(1801_ship_Shields)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/ShipsA.html">Tyne Built Ships "A".</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RS1809-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RS1809_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RS1809_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RS1809_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024495320?urlappend=%3Bseq=38"><i>RS</i> (1809), Seq.№A434.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065522503?urlappend=%3Bseq=53"><i>Lloyd's Register</i> (1801), Supplement, Seq. №65.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005680551?urlappend=%3Bseq=25"><i>Lloyd's Register</i> (1802), Seq. №334.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEClayton201455-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClayton201455_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClayton201455_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFClayton2014">Clayton (2014)</a>, p. 55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bswf-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bswf_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bswf_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bswf_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bswf_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bswf_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bswf_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whalinghistory.org/bv/voyages/">British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: <i>Alexander</i>.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECawthornn.d.4-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECawthornn.d.4_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECawthornn.d.4_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCawthornn.d.">Cawthorn (n.d.)</a>, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ATCJ-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ATCJ_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ATCJ_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71247621">"Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure"</a>. <i>Australian Town and Country Journal, Saturday 3 January 1891, p.16</i>. 3 January 1891<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australian+Town+and+Country+Journal%2C+Saturday+3+January+1891%2C+p.16&rft.atitle=Arrival+of+Vessels+at+Port+Jackson%2C+and+their+Departure&rft.date=1891-01-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.news-article71247621&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+%281801+ship+Shields%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article625610">"SHIP NEWS"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Gazette">The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser</a></i>. NSW. 5 June 1803. p. 4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sydney+Gazette+and+New+South+Wales+Advertiser&rft.atitle=SHIP+NEWS.&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1803-06-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.news-article625610&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+%281801+ship+Shields%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESalmond1997-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESalmond1997_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSalmond1997">Salmond (1997)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201516–18-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201516–18_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFO'Malley2015">O'Malley (2015)</a>, pp. 16–18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJorgenson199662-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJorgenson199662_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJorgenson1996">Jorgenson (1996)</a>, p. 62.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201511-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Malley201511_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFO'Malley2015">O'Malley (2015)</a>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_List" title="Lloyd's List">Lloyd's List</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735023?urlappend=%3Bseq=381">№4291.</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_(1801_ship_Shields)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCawthornn.d." class="citation book cs1">Cawthorn, M. 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(2014). <i>Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships</i>. Berforts Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1908616524" title="Special:BookSources/978-1908616524"><bdi>978-1908616524</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ships+employed+in+the+South+Sea+Whale+Fishery+from+Britain%3A+1775-1815%3A+An+alphabetical+list+of+ships&rft.pub=Berforts+Group&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1908616524&rft.aulast=Clayton&rft.aufirst=Jane+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+%281801+ship+Shields%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJorgenson1996" class="citation book cs1">Jorgenson, Jorgen (1996). Richards, Rhys (ed.). <i>Jorgen Jorgenson's observations</i> (First ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: Paremata Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0473039710" title="Special:BookSources/0473039710"><bdi>0473039710</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jorgen+Jorgenson%27s+observations&rft.place=Wellington%2C+New+Zealand&rft.edition=First&rft.pub=Paremata+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0473039710&rft.aulast=Jorgenson&rft.aufirst=Jorgen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+%281801+ship+Shields%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Malley2015" class="citation book cs1">O'Malley, Vincent (2015). <i>Haerenga: Early Māori Journeys Across the Globe</i>. 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title="HMS Leda (1800)">HMS <i>Leda</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">January (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/HMS_Delight_(1806)" title="HMS Delight (1806)">HMS <i>Delight</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Feb: <a href="/wiki/Amphitrite_(1802_ship)" title="Amphitrite (1802 ship)"><i>Amphitrite</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Feb: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Raposa_(1806)" title="HMS Raposa (1806)">HMS <i>Raposa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Feb: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hirondelle_(1804)" title="HMS Hirondelle (1804)">HMS <i>Hirondelle</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">February (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Packet_(1801_ship)" title="Bristol Packet (1801 ship)"><i>Bristol Packet</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tang_(1807)" title="HMS Tang (1807)">HMS <i>Tang</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Astraea_(1781)" title="HMS Astraea (1781)">HMS <i>Astraea</i></a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Milbrook_(1798)" title="HMS Milbrook (1798)">HMS <i>Milbrook</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Electra_(1806)" title="HMS Electra (1806)">HMS <i>Electra</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Milbrook_(1798)" title="HMS Milbrook (1798)">HMS <i>Milbrook</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Widgeon_(1806)" title="HMS Widgeon (1806)">HMS <i>Widgeon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bermuda_(1805)" title="HMS Bermuda (1805)">HMS <i>Bermuda</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Adventure_(1804_ship)" title="Adventure (1804 ship)"><i>Adventure</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">April (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Paramatta_(1803_ship)" title="Paramatta (1803 ship)"><i>Paramatta</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Rapid_(1804)" title="HMS Rapid (1804)">HMS <i>Rapid</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Hebe_(1803_ship)" title="Hebe (1803 ship)"><i>Hebe</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Hired_armed_ship_Harlequin" title="Hired armed ship Harlequin">HM Hired armed ship <i>Harlequin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Capelin_(1804)" title="HMS Capelin (1804)">HMS <i>Capelin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">June (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Eliza_(1808)" title="Eliza (1808)"><i>Eliza</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Netley_(1807)" title="HMS Netley (1807)">HMS <i>Netley</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Chiswick_(1799_ship)" title="Chiswick (1799 ship)"><i>Chiswick</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pickle_(1800)" title="HMS Pickle (1800)">HMS <i>Pickle</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Meleager_(1806)" title="HMS Meleager (1806)">HMS <i>Meleager</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HDMS_Delphinen_(1805)" title="HDMS Delphinen (1805)">HMS <i>Delphinen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Jaseur_(1807)" title="HMS Jaseur (1807)">HMS <i>Jaseur</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Aug: <a href="/wiki/French_frigate_Hermione_(1804)" title="French frigate Hermione (1804)"><i>Hermione</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Russian_ship_Vsevolod_(1796)" title="Russian ship Vsevolod (1796)"><i>Vsevolod</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Centaur_(1797)" title="HMS Centaur (1797)">HMS <i>Centaur</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_(sloop)" title="Charlotte (sloop)"><i>Charlotte</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">August (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Dundee_(ship)" title="Dundee (ship)"><i>Dundee</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Maria_(1807)" title="HMS Maria (1807)">HMS <i>Maria</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Oct: <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Alexander</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Majestic_(1804_ship)" title="Majestic (1804 ship)"><i>Majestic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Amphitrite_(1802_ship)" title="Amphitrite (1802 ship)"><i>Amphitrite</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Oct: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Volador_(1807)" title="HMS Volador (1807)">HMS <i>Volador</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Oct: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Crane_(1806)" title="HMS Crane (1806)">HMS <i>Crane</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Nov: <a href="/wiki/Travers_(1800_ship)" title="Travers (1800 ship)"><i>Travers</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Nov: <a href="/wiki/Russian_schooner_Nikolai" 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