Whaling barque Lord Sidmouth departed Tasmania according to the newspaper Colonial Times dated Tuesday 12 February 1839

 

The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 

vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846.

An item dated 5 February reported the departure of the barque Lord Sidmouth of 194 tons master M’Farlane on a whaling cruise.