Resolution Risk Rival Robert Roberts Rollins Roxanna Sabine Samuel Samuel Davis Sarah and Mary Sarah E. Hyde Sarah Elizabeth Scud Seadrift Seaflower Seafoam Sea Witch Seneca Silver Spring Speedwell Storm King Stranger Sunbeam Surprise Susan Swallow Thatcher Taylor Thetis Three Friends Traffic Tremont Vesper Village Belle Volant Wampatuck Wanderer Wave Wide Awake Willie Lord Wm. Tell Wm. Wilson Winslow The following list of vessels employed in 1868 shows the gradual reduction of the fleet from sixty-seven in 1862 to twenty in 1873: Abby Morton Adeline Avon Charles Charles Augusta Clara Jane Climax Cora Delos Dolphin Elizabeth Engineer Favorite Florida Forest King George George Henry Glendora Helena Herald Joshua Bates Juvenile Linnet Louisa Manomet Manchester Martha Washington Mary Chilton Mary Taylor Mary Susan Matilda May Flower May Queen Nahant Naiad Queen N. D. Scudder Oasis Ocean Olive Branch Oronoco Profit Risk Samuel Samuel Davis Seadrift Sea Witch Silver Spring Sunbeam Surprise Swallow Thatcher Taylor Tremont Volant Wave Wampatuck Winslow In 1869 there were fifty-four; in 1870, fifty-two; in 1871, forty; in 1872, twenty-six; in 1873, twenty; in 1874, twelve; in 1876, twelve; in 1878, eleven; in 1879, ten; in 1880, eight; in 1881, seven; in 1882, two; in 1883, two; in 1884, eight; in 1885, three; in 1886, one; in 1888, one, the Hannah Coomer, Capt. Nickerson, the last vessel to go to the Banks from Plymouth. In 1882 Prince Manter bought the Sabine, and Capt. James S. Kelley made seven trips in her in four summers, the last vessel to go to the Grand Banks, while the Hannah Coomer was the last to go to Quereau Bank. The following is a list of fishing vessels lost since 1828, as complete as I am able to make it: Abby Morton, Joseph Whitton, master, lost in Hell Gate, New York. Adelaide, Capt. Joseph Sampson, was lost on the Banks. Samuel, condemned in Nova Scotia. Brontes, on a passage from Aux Cayes, to Boston, left Holmes Hole December 31, 1862, and was never heard from. Her crew consisted of John E. Morton, captain; George Morey, mate, and Samuel Howland, Isaac Howland, Bartlett Finney and Josiah H. Swift. Charles, Isaac Howland, master, was lost on Cape Cod. Charles, Isaac Swift, master, left Plymouth September 29, 1868, on a fall fishing trip, and was never heard from. Congress, owned by Samuel Doten, was lost. Wampatuck, seized in Nova Scotia in 1870 or 1871. Delos, sunk in Nantucket Roads in 1872. Wm. Tell, sold before 1828, and lost on Grand Banks in 1829. Christie Johnson, Solomon M. Holmes, master, was lost on the banks in 1874. Ellis, was lost on Cape Cod in 1844. Flash, Eli H. Minter, master, was lost in the West Indies in 1865. Fred Lawrence was lost. Herald, lost or sold in Nova Scotia in 1870.