Commander J.B.
Walker. Owners Messrs. Antony Gibbs&Sons, London, England.
Homeport Dundee, Scotland. Tonnage 412 tons. Horsepower 70 hp. Rigged
as a ship. Dimensions 155 (extreme) x 30 (extreme) feet. Number of
boats 8. Built in 1864 originally for the merchant trade. Made 8
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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