French whaling ship Ferdinand visited Lahaina, Hawaii according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 1 May 1847

The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 

vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846.

An item reported the arrival at Lahaina, Hawaii on 21 April by the French whaling ship Ferdinand master Postel of Le Havre, no details supplied.