Harpoons - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
The whaling harpoon, or “iron” as it was called by the men who used it, was little more than a huge fishhook. Its purpose was to fasten and hold the “fish” until it could be killed by the hand lance or gun-fired explosive lance.
Whales and Hunting - New Bedford Whaling Museum
The harpoon, known to crews as the “whale iron,” was used to fasten the whale to the whaleboat, rather than to kill it. It was designed to penetrate blubber and hold securely, like a hook. A whaleship embarking on a four-year voyage in the mid- …
Harpoon - Wikipedia
A harpoon is a long, spear-like projectile used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other hunting to shoot, kill, and capture large fish or marine mammals such as seals, sea cows, and whales. It impales the target and secures it with barb or toggling claws, allowing the fishermen or hunters to use an attached rope or chain to pull and retrieve ...
Harpoons - Whalesite
2022年10月26日 · Harpoons have been used for at least a thousand years to capture whales and large fish. The Basques of 900 A.D. were among the earliest whalers. Their word arpoi, meaning to fasten or hold, became arpon in Spanish, and harpoon, or harping iron, in English.
Les Leftovers: Whaling in Medieval France
2014年1月3日 · Whales have not completely disappeared from France today. Whale watching boats tour the Mediterranean and even in Brittany itself, from time to time, whales still beach themselves. But already in the eighteenth century, Le Grand d'Aussy wrote of the Middle Ages: “The whale was then more common than today; it was frequently seen on our coasts.”
Whalecraft - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
Whalecraft was the focus of the collection. It is organized into these categories: harpoons, which were used for catching whales; lances, which were used for killing them; whaling guns, which were designed for both purposes; “cutting in and trying out,” tools for flensing the whale and processing it in the tryworks on board the ship.
Whaling Weapons - Hull Museums Collections
The whaling crossbow was an enlarged version of the medieval weapon and has a swivel so that it could be mounted in a whaleboat. The crossbow was used as an alternative...
Whaling Guns - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
Three major types of firearm were developed and deployed in the 19th century whale fishery to catch and kill whales: bow-mounted guns, shoulder guns and darting guns. Bow-mounted guns were largely ineffectual at launching harpoons that hit their target.
Whaler's Harpoon with Toggle Head - National Museum of American History
The first step in catching a whale was throwing at least two sharp harpoons into its back, to ensure that the whaleboat was securely fastened to its prey. Harpoon shafts were made of soft wrought iron, so that they would bend and not break off when twisted, which risked losing the wounded whale.
Artifact- The Harpoon - Massachusetts Colony
A harpoon is a weapon used in fishing to catch fish or large marine animals such as whales which the people in Massachusetts highly value on. It is a long spear-like weapon with a rope or chain connected to the bottom of it.