American whaler Franklin departed to sea 1816

Of Nantucket, master Grafton Gardner, departed on 6 October 1816 towards the Pacific Ocean and returned on 22 November 1818 with 1.931 barrels sperm and 21 whale.

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