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,
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