Jane
Jane was a whaler working in the Cook Strait region in the early 1830s. Her captain was John Watson, and she arrived at Cloudy Bay on 26 July 1831. When Jane returned to Sydney in December her crew had taken 140 tuns of oil.
On another expedition to the whaling grounds, a terrible tragedy struck the crew of Jane. While returning to Sydney, and in pursuit of a whale, two boat loads of crew became separated from their ship. Captain Watson and the remainder of the crew searched in vain for the missing men.
After a week they still hadn’t found them and were forced to leave off the search and sail back to Sydney, where they arrived on 04 July 1833 with 1200 barrels of sperm oil.
On another expedition to the whaling grounds, a terrible tragedy struck the crew of Jane. While returning to Sydney, and in pursuit of a whale, two boat loads of crew became separated from their ship. Captain Watson and the remainder of the crew searched in vain for the missing men.
After a week they still hadn’t found them and were forced to leave off the search and sail back to Sydney, where they arrived on 04 July 1833 with 1200 barrels of sperm oil.