# Derick De Deer — Moby-Dick character guide

> Derick De Deer in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Captain Derick De Deer, Derick

**First appearance:** 0080-lxxvii-the-great-heidelburgh-tun

## Who they are

The captain of a German whaler, the Jungfrau, whose empty ship is outrun and out-hunted by the Pequod.

## In the story

### [LXXXI: The Pequod Meets the Virgin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/lxxxi-the-pequod-meets-the-virgin)

Captain of the Jungfrau; begs for oil, then leads a desperate and ultimately misguided chase.

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