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
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