Tasmanian whaler Pacific lying at Hobart, Tasmania according to the Colonial Times dated Friday 18 January 1850

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

An item reported the presence in the harbour of Hobart, Tasmania of the whaling ship Pacific of 350 tons agents Seal and Co.