American sealing schooner Maria in 1815-1816 according to George Brown Goode

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) (NOAA) Photo Library

Stripping sea-elephant blubber and rolling it in barrels to try-works southwest beach of Herd’s Island

Drawing by H.W. Elliott after captain H.C. Chester

The American sealing schooner Maria captain Worth left Nantucket, USA for Patagonia in 1815 returning home on 2 April 1816 with 700 barrels sea elephant oil.

Source

The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. Section V. Vol II. George Brown Goode, Washington, 1887