Pequod (Moby-Dick) 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, after the initial chapters, takes place almost entirely aboard the ship during a three-year whaling expedition in the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific oceans. Most of the characters in the novel are part of "Pequod"s crew, including the narrator Ishmael. Ishmael encounters the ship after he arrives in Nantucket and learns of three ships that are about to leave on three-year cruises. Tasked by
Sarah (1800 ship) "Sarah" to Mather & Co., who sent her on a second whaling voyage. Captain William Davey sailed from England on 24 July 1810. "Sarah" returned on 9 January 1813. "Lloyd's Register" for 1814 showed "Sarah" with Weatherly, master, Mather & Co., owners, and trade London transport. She had undergone repairs in 1813. Notes Citations References Sarah (1800 ship) Sarah was launched at Hartlepool in 1800. Between 1807 and 1813 "Sarah" made two voyages as a whaler. As she was coming home from her first whaling voyage a French privateer captured her, but a British privateer recaptured her. After her whaling