Courier
In October 1828, Courier left Sydney for a whaling voyage to the fishery on the hunt for sperm whales. The voyage lasted ten months in which time they gathered 135 tons of oil.
Captain Banks set sail again on his next voyage to the sperm fisheries just three months later and this time they were out for the best part of a year.
In May of 1831, Courier was reported to be at Cloudy Bay on the north east coast of the South Island. This bay had become a focal point for whalers who were able to harpoon whales as they passed through Cook Strait during their migration south. The region was also popular at this time for traders who were seeking flax to be processed in Sydney. While at Cloudy Bay Courier was said to be empty and her crew in a state of mutiny. When she arrived at Sydney in December 1831, Captain Sutton was in control but the crew had only managed to procure 75 tons of oil.
Courier was working in Cloudy Bay again in 1832, but in 1837 she was under the charge of Captain Worth and was seen trying out at Paterson's River on Stewart Island, her crew having procured 900 barrels of oil.
Captain Banks set sail again on his next voyage to the sperm fisheries just three months later and this time they were out for the best part of a year.
In May of 1831, Courier was reported to be at Cloudy Bay on the north east coast of the South Island. This bay had become a focal point for whalers who were able to harpoon whales as they passed through Cook Strait during their migration south. The region was also popular at this time for traders who were seeking flax to be processed in Sydney. While at Cloudy Bay Courier was said to be empty and her crew in a state of mutiny. When she arrived at Sydney in December 1831, Captain Sutton was in control but the crew had only managed to procure 75 tons of oil.
Courier was working in Cloudy Bay again in 1832, but in 1837 she was under the charge of Captain Worth and was seen trying out at Paterson's River on Stewart Island, her crew having procured 900 barrels of oil.