Of Nantucket, master William B. Thompson, departed on 16 November 1869 to the Pacific. Sold at Panama, was the last Nantucket whaler.(1)
Note
1. Whalemen’s Shipping List dated 14 June 1870. Shipping agent Freeman E. Adams, bark 152 tons, on 6 February 1870 at Port Stanley
Source
Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.
Note
1. Whalemen’s Shipping List dated 14 June 1870. Shipping agent Freeman E. Adams, bark 152 tons, on 6 February 1870 at Port Stanley
Source
Catalogue of Nantucket Whalers and their voyages from 1815 to 1870. Hussey&Robinson, Nantucket, 1876.