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Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Scottish screw steam whaler Tay in 1873

Commander Wm. Greig. Owners Arctic Seal and Whale Fishing Co., Dundee, Scotland. Homeport Dundee, Scotland. Tonnage 360 tons. Horsepower 60 hp. Rigged as a ship. Dimensions 132 (extreme) x 26 (extreme) feet. Number of boats 8. Built in 1850 as sailing vessel, converted in 1857. 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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