Ishmael (Moby-Dick) morning Ishmael and Queequeg head for Nantucket. Ishmael signs up for a voyage on the whaler "Pequod", under Captain Ahab. Ahab is obsessed by the white whale, Moby Dick, who on a previous voyage has severed his leg. In his quest for revenge Ahab has lost all sense of responsibility, and when the whale sinks the ship, all crewmembers drown, with the exception of Ishmael: “And I only am escaped alone to tell thee” (Job) says the epigraph. Ishmael keeps himself afloat on a coffin until he is picked up by another whaling ship, the "Rachel". The name Ishmael is
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