Overview
Sophia was launched at Quebec in 1826 and sailed to London. In 1830 she became a whaler in the British southern whale fishery and burnt in the Seychelles in March 1833.
Career
She was re-registered in London on 16 March 1827. Sophia first appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1827. She initially sailed as a West Indiaman and to the Gulf of Mexico.
Whaling voyage and loss
Sophia sailed from London on 18 December 1830, bound for the Seychelles.
In late 1832 Sophia, Acock, master, was at where she found and killed two whales. Her first and second mates went in pursuit of some whales in two boats, but never returned to Sophia. Captain Acock cruised the vicinity for four days, but without being able to find the missing two officers and 10 men. He then called in at Table Bay on 28 December to recruit a replacement crew.
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