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
William Wells (whaling master) to explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith. He retired in 1876. Wells' first command was for the merchant ship "Ann" in 1842; he went on to captain many whaling ships: "Helen" (1844–45), "St George" (1846–49), "Ann" (1850–1853), "Truelove" (1854–1860 and 1866–1867), "Emma" (1861–62), "Diana" (1863), and "Narwhal" (1864). He was one of the last two whaling masters sailing from Hull. William Wells (whaling master) William Wells (1815–1880) was an English whaling master (1844 to 1867), harbour master of Hull, and advisor to explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith. William started his career as an apprentice at the age of 12 in 1827, aboard the