Commander John Edwards. Owners Tay Seal and Whale Fishing Co. Homeport Dundee, Scotland. Tonnage 278. Horsepower 36 hp. Rigged as a barque. Dimensions 107 (extreme) x 28 (extreme) feet. Number of boats 7. Built in 1847 as a sailing vessel and converted in 1863. Made 10 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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