Tugurskiy Bay

Tugurskiy Bay (Russian: Tugurskiy Zaliv) is a large bay in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk, just south of the Shantar Islands.

History

Between 1853 and 1867, American whaleships frequented the bay hunting bowhead whales. They called it Shantar Bay.[1][2] On 28 July 1854, the bark Isabella, of New Bedford, reported that as many as 94 ships were visible from her deck, only five of which were boiling oil.[3] On 12 July 1854, the ship Silas Richards (454 tons), of New Bedford, Capt. Wilcox, was driven ashore by ice and wrecked on the south west side of the bay. She was sold on the beach for $194.[4] On 27 July 1867, a Russian steamer ordered the bark Java, of New Bedford, under Manuel Enos, out of the bay. A few days later the bark Endeavor, also of New Bedford, had its boats fired upon by the same vessel before being ordered away as well.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Fortune, of New Bedford, July 27-September 23, 1853, Nicholson Whaling Collection (NWC); Lexington, of Nantucket, July 9, 1854, G.W. Blunt White Library; Frances Henrietta, of New Bedford, July 13–26, 1857, NWC; Navy, of New Bedford, August 22–23, 1861, Kendall Whaling Museum (KWM); Cicero, of New Bedford, July 15, 1862, September 18, 1863, KWM; Josephine, of New Bedford, August 14–17, 1864, August 2–4, 22-23, 1865, KWM; Java, of New Bedford, July 22–26, 1865, June 30-August 27, 1866, July 17–24, 1867, NWC.
  2. ↑ Williams, Harold (1964). One whaling family. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
  3. ↑ Isabella, of New Bedford, July 28, 1854, NWC.
  4. ↑ "LOSS OF SHIP SILAS RICHARDS", Whalemen's Shipping List & Merchant's Transcript, New Bedford, October 31, 1854, p. 266.
  5. ↑ United States. (1870). Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States. Washington: G.P.O.

Coordinates: 54°10′N 137°00′E / 54.167°N 137.000°E