Whaling barque William the Fourth visited Hobart, Tasmania according to the newspaper The Cornwall Chronicle dated Saturday 2 March 1839

Wellcome Collection

Fishermen in boats have been attacking a whale but one boat is upset and a man is falling out. 

Coloured engraving by F. Duncan after W.J. Huggins 1834

An item reported the arrival at Hobart, Tasmania on 28 February of the barque William the Fourth returning from a whaling voyage with 600 casks sperm oil.