Buchanan wrote in 1819 that the that season 13 ships were fitted out for the Greenland whaling. Expenses for each ship between 8,000-10,000 pound sterling. Each ship had seven boats each with six men, equipped with harpoons, lines, lances and so on, commanded by a harpooner, steersman and linecoiler.
Source
Annals of Peterhead from the foundation to the present time. P. Buchan, Peterhead, 1819.
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