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} |} The ''Essex'' was an American whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts. The ship, captained by George Pollard, Jr., was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820. The twenty-man crew spent months at sea, having to resort to cannibalism to survive, before the final eight survivors were rescued. First mate Owen Chase and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson wrote accounts of the ordeal, and the incident inspired Herman Melville's 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick''. == Ship and crew == ''Essex'' was an old ship, but because so many of her voyages were profitable she gained the reputation as a "lucky" vessel. Captain George Pollard and his first mate, Owen Chase, had served together on her previous, equally successful trip, and it led to their promotions. Only 29, Pollard was one of the youngest men ever to command a whaling ship. Owen Chase was 23, and the youngest member of the crew was the cabin boy, Thomas Nickerson, who was 14. ''Essex'' had recently been totally refitted, but at almost long, and measuring about 239 tons burthen,〔〔, citing original 1799 specifications.〕 she was small for a whaleship. ''Essex'' was equipped with four separate whaleboats, each about in length, which were launched from the ship. In addition, a spare was kept below decks.〔Chase (1965), p. 19〕 These boats were clinker built, with planks that overlapped each other rather than fitting flush together.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=h2g2 - Oops. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Essex (whaleship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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