THe sinking of the Essex has been written up in several threads and it is one of the truly great tales of the whaling tradition.

It was the inspiriation ofr the tale of Moby Dick, in part, but not name. He was named after another pissed-off whale named Mocha Dick n the China Sea who had a reputation for sinking whaleboats.

AS far as I know the Essex was the first whaling ship ever attacked by a whale. There was an intriguing discussion on an earlier thread about this individual whale, and how he saw things.


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