# Captain Gardiner — Moby-Dick character guide

> Captain Gardiner in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0131-cxxviii-the-pequod-meets-the-rachel

## Who they are

The distressed captain of the Rachel, who begs Ahab to help search for his son lost in a whaleboat chase.

## In the story

### [CXXVIII: The Pequod Meets the Rachel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/cxxviii-the-pequod-meets-the-rachel)

The distraught captain of the Rachel; reveals his young son was lost in a boat that chased Moby Dick; his emotional appeal to Ahab highlights the human cost Ahab ignores.

### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/epilogue)

Implied as the captain of the rescuing ship, the Rachel, which was searching for its lost boat-crew.

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