Commander Wm. Greig. Owners Arctic Seal and Whale Fishing Co., Dundee, Scotland. Homeport Dundee, Scotland. Tonnage 360 tons. Horsepower 60 hp. Rigged as a ship. Dimensions 132 (extreme) x 26 (extreme) feet. Number of boats 8. Built in 1850 as sailing vessel, converted in 1857. Made 15 whaling voyages.
Source
Albert Hastings Markham. A whaling cruise to Baffin’s Bay and the Gulf of Boothia and an account of the rescue of the crew of the Polaris. London, 1874.
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