Commander Wm. Adams. Owners Messrs. Alex. Stephen and Son, Dundee, Scotland. Homeport Dundee, Scotland. Tonnage 439 tons. Horsepower 70 hp. Rigged as a ship. Dimensions 157 (extreme) x 30 (extreme) feet. Number of boats 8. Built in1867, originally for the merchant trade. Made 7 whaling voyages.
Source
Albert Hastings Markham. A whaling cruise to Baffin’s Bay and the Gulf of Boothia and an account of the rescue of the crew of the Polaris. London, 1874.
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