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'''''Duke of York''''' was a fir-built ship of 500 tons (bm), built in 1780 at Archangel. In 1787 her owner was "Hitchie", her master "Jn Wolff", and her trade London—South Seas, indicating that she was a [[Engineering:Whaler|whaler]].<ref>''Lloyd's Register'' [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044020166641?urlappend=%3Bseq=84 (1787), №S216.]</ref> More accurately, her master was John Wolfe,{{sfnp|Clayton|2014|p=106}} Woolf, or Wolf, and her owner Richard Cadman Etches.{{sfnp|Clayton|2014|p=106}} She sailed on 21 April 1787 for the [[Earth:Southern Ocean|South Seas]].<ref name=bswf>[https://whalinghistory.org/bv/voyages/ British Southern Whale Fishery Database – voyages: ''Duke of York''.]</ref>

Etches had received a license from the [[Company:South Sea Company|South Sea Company]] to sail around Cape Horn into the Pacific.{{sfnp|Clayton|2014|p=106}} He dispatched her to reinforce the settlement at New Years Harbour (now Puerto Ano Nuevo) on Staten Island (now Isla de los Estados), off [[Earth:Tierra del Fuego|Tierra del Fuego]].{{efn|Captain James Cook, then on his second voyage of exploration, had named the harbour after the date of his arrival, New Year's Day, 1775.{{sfnp|Gallois|2011|p=305 |loc=№105}}}} Seal hunters established a factory there in 1786,{{sfnp|Gallois|2011|p=78}} which was also well-located for vessels rounding Cape Horn to refresh and replenish their water.{{sfnp|Gallois|2011|p=305 |loc=№105}}

On 4 June, ''Duke of York'' sailed from St Jago, "all well".<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008145784;view=1up;seq=141 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1907 |date=14 August 1787}}</ref> By August, she was at the Falkland Islands, "all well".<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008145784;view=1up;seq=215 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1944 |date=25 December 1787}}</ref>

On 11 September, shortly after she arrived at New Years Harbour, ''Duke of York'' was lost. Her crew, however, was saved.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=1972 |date=28 March 1788 |pages=78 v |hdl=2027/mdp.39015008145784?urlappend=%3Bseq=269 }}</ref>

The loss of ''Duke of York'' ended the factory. The people took to their boats and left the island.{{sfnp|Gallois|2011|p=305 |loc=№105}}

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==References==
* {{cite book |last1=Clayton |first1=Jane M |year=2014 |title=Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775–1815: An alphabetical list of ships |publisher=Berforts Group |isbn=9781908616524}}
* {{cite book |last1=Gallois |first1=Robert |year=2011 |title=A Voyage to the North West Side of America: The Journals of James Colnett, 1786-89 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=9780774808552}}


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