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
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