Pequod (Moby-Dick) the ship's affairs to these two." Peleg served as first mate under Ahab on "Pequod" before obtaining his own command, and is responsible for all her whalebone embellishments. The depiction of life aboard the ship was based on Melville's own experiences in whaling (specifically aboard the "Acushnet" in the 1840s) and thus can be taken in many ways as representative of mid-19th-century Nantucket whaling. Pequod (Moby-Dick) Pequod is a fictional 19th-century Nantucket whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel "Moby-Dick" by American author Herman Melville. "Pequod" and her crew, commanded by Captain Ahab, are central to the story, which,
Perseverance (1801 whaling ship) acquired her. Voyage #15: Captain T. Craddock sailed from England on 24 January 1836, bound for Peru. He returned on 16 April 1838 with 40 casks (21 tuns) of oil. Voyage #16: Captain William Brown Nicholson sailed from England on 23 July 1838. "Perseverance" was reported at Mindano, Samboayana, and "Buutan". She returned on 30 July 1841 with 243 tuns of oil. "Perseverance" was broken up on her return from her last voyage. Citations References Perseverance (1801 whaling ship) Perseverance (or Perserverance) was launched on the Thames in 1801. She then spent her entire career of 16 voyages as a