Minutes 1845-1920; notes and calculations 1873-1909; annual whaling summaries 1791-1911; press cuttings reporting the success of the Dundee sea and whale fishing fleet 1875-1879; certificates of discharge in favour of George Kinnes 1873, 1905; Some ideas and information on the whale fishing in the Arctic Seas 1885.
Tay Whale Fishing Company
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- ReferenceGB 254 MS 59
- Dates of Creation1791-1922
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description2 microfilms. The records are on microfilm.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
From 1874 to the First World War the Tay Whale Fishing Company owned a large fleet of whaling ships. Robert Kinnes & Sons Ltd was founded in 1883 by Mr Robert Kinnes as a trading company for the Tay Whale Fishing Co Ltd, of which he was Managing Director. The company's activities included ship-broking and the management of whaling vessels. During the First World War most whalers were either sunk or destroyed. In 1920 the firm Robert Kinnes & Sons was established in Dock Street and from that date the firm of Robert Kinnes & Sons has operated in Dundee as shipping agents and a charter company. In September 1922 a trading ketch, the Easonian, owned by Robert Kinnes & Sons, was lost in the Cumberland Sound. This was reported to have marked the end of the connection between whaling and Dundee.
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Acquisition Information
The records were deposited by the Department of History in 1978 (AccM/50).
Note
Fonds level description compiled by Sarah Chubb, Archives Hub Project Archivist, November 2001.
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Custodial History
Unknown
Accruals
None expected.
Location of Originals
The original records are in the possession of Mr G B Kinnes of Broughty Ferry.