Captain Ahab Captain Ahab Captain Ahab is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" (1851). He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship "Pequod". On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab's leg, and he now wears a prosthetic leg made out of whalebone. The whaling voyage of the "Pequod" ends up as a hunt for revenge on the whale, as Ahab forces the crew members to support his fanatical mission. When Moby Dick is finally sighted, Ahab's hatred robs him of all caution, and the whale drags Ahab to the bottom of
Perseverance (1801 whaling ship) 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 whaler. Early in her career a French privateer captured her, but the British Royal Navy quickly recaptured her. "Perseverance" would herself later capture a vessel too. She was broken up in 1841. "Perseverance" entered "Lloyd's Register" in 1801 with W. Stevers, master, Mellish, owner, and trade London–Southern Fisheries. Voyage #1: Captain William Stavers received a letter of marque on 27 February 1801. On 9 March he sailed "Perseverance" for Walvis Bay. She was at Walvis