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Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Scottish screw steam whaler Narwhal in 1873

Commander Wm. McLellan. Owners Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Co. Homeport Dundee, Scotland. Tonnage 434 tons. Horsepower 60 hp. Rigged as a ship. Dimensions 150 (extreme) x 30 (extreme) feet. Number of boats 8. Built in 1858 for the trade. Made 15 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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