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Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Scottish screw steam whaler Esquimaux in 1873

Commander Chas. Yule. Owners Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Co. Homeport Dundee, Scotland. Tonnage 436 tons. Horsepower 70 hp. Rigged as a ship. Dimensions 157 (extreme) x 30 (extreme) feet. Number of boats 8. Built in 1865 originally for the 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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