I'm sorry Lynn, but it took me some little time to find my copy of the book I mentioned in the other thread. I've got far too many books!

These are the references to Captain William Guy.

In 1883 he took over the Arctic when Captain William Adams retired from the sea. Actic was a steam whaler owned by Messrs Alexander Stephen and Sons of Dundee. She was 828 tons gross (522 net), 200 ft 6 ins in length with 98hp engines.

In 1887 his ship Arctic II was abandoned near Cumberland Gulf while trying to get Fox Channel.

1891 he commanded Polynia on the voyage I mentioned earlier in these threads heading for the Newfoundland sealing grounds. Polynia carried on fishing and accounted for 16,535 seals. She then went on to the Davis Straight and on July 10, in a strong NE gale was caught by the stern between two floes and sank. Her crew of 37 got off safely and were picked up by the Aurora two days later.

In 1892 he took Eclipse to the Newfoundland sealing grounds. Because of an accident with her machinery, she only got 3,595 seals, and missed going on to the whaling.

In 1893 he had Nova Zembla in the Davis Straits, killing 4 whlaes in near Coutts Inlet.

In 1894 he took Nova Zembla to the Davis Straits, nearly losing her on July 8 when stuck in the ice. An iceberg came down, the crew got onto the pack ice, the iceberg pushed the ship onto her beam ends but she wasn't crushed. As the iceberg drifted past, over the next four hours, the ship fortunately righted. They got four whales that season.

In 1906 he left the whaling trade (his last ship was Balaena, and became master of the training brig Frances Mollison, attached to the training ship Mars, moored below the Tay Bridge.

Cheers, Les