American whaler Essex departed to sea 1815

Of Nantucket, master Daniel Russell, departed on 13 July 1815 towards the Pacific Ocean and returned on 19 November 1816 with 1.431 barrels sperm.

Source
Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.