Traveller (1786 ship)

Traveller first entered and Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1786.^[1]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1786	Wright	Green & Co.	Hull–Petersburg	LR
1789	Harwood	Green & Co.	Hull–Königsberg	LR
1796	Compleman G.Armstrong	Green & Co.	Hull–Königsberg Hull–Greenland	LR
1797	Armstrong	Green & Co.	Hull–Königsberg Hull–Greenland	LR
1798	Armstrong	Green & Co.	Hull–Greenland	LR

From at least 1796 on Traveller engaged in whale hunting in the northern whale fishery.

Year	Tuns of whale oil
1796	100
1797	90
1798	120
1799	74
1800	80
1801	94

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1802	Armstrong W.Vennis	Green & Co. Levitt	Hull–Greenland	LR

Year	Tuns of whale oil
1802	22
1803	15.5

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source
1804	W.Vennis Keeler	Levitt Eggington	Hull–Greenland	LR
1805	Keeler Foster	Eggington Levett	Hull–Greenland	LR

Year	Tuns of whale oil
1804	104
1805	124
1806	84
1807	109

The whaling season generally ran from March–April to September–October. Between whaling voyages, Traveller sailed to the Baltic. Lloyd's List reported in January 1806 that Traveller, Foster, master, had arrived at Hull having sailed from Riga via the Elbe, where she had joined a convoy under escort by the armed ship Prince William.^[3]

Lloyd's List reported in January 1808 that Traveller, Foster, master, had put into Carlsham to join a convoy. Lloyd's List reported in February that Ann, Harrison, master, and Traveller, Foster, master, from Stockholm, were captured and taken into Bornholm.^[4]