Tay Whale Fishing Company (Digitised Microfilm)

• Reference:GB 254 MS 59
• Dates of Creation:1791-1922
• Name of Creator:
  Robert Kinnes & Sons Ltd
• Physical Description:
  2 microfilms

• Scope and Content

  Microfilm copies of the records in the possession of Robert Kinnes & Sons Ltd, Shipping and Forwarding Agents, Dundee, for period 1845-1920, and 1791-1922. Scans of the microfilm are available for viewing in the Archives.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  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. From 1874 to the First World War the Tay Whale Fishing Company owned a large fleet of whaling ships. During the war most whalers were either sunk or destroyed. In 1920 the firm Robert Kinnes & Sons was established in Dock Street. 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.
  The Kinnes Shipping Company was still in existence in 2019

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were deposited by the Department of History in 1978 (AccM/50). The microfilm was purchased by Bruce Lenman

• Note

  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. From 1874 to the First World War the Tay Whale Fishing Company owned a large fleet of whaling ships. During the war most whalers were either sunk or destroyed. In 1920 the firm Robert Kinnes & Sons was established in Dock Street. 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.
  The Kinnes Shipping Company was still in existence in 2019

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Microfilm

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Bernard John McLaughlin. Updated by Kenneth Baxter, February 2009 and March 2019.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Location of Originals

  As of 2004 these were held by Mr. G B Kinnes, Rednock, Broughty Ferry

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 59