Number of whales caught 0 and 71 boiled oil tons. Tonnage 169 tons. MasterMr. Harrison for 2 years, Mr. Peacock for 8 years and afterwards Mr. Geary. First was her master and a great part of the crew English and the rest from Peterhead. It sailed at first without much success until Mr. James Arbuthnot and John Hutchison suggested to crew the Robert with seamen and fishermen of Peterhead with native Mr. Geary as master. Was between 1788-1801 the only Greenland whaler of Peterhead.
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An historical account of Peterhead from the earliest period to the present time. James Arbuthnot, Peterhead, 1815.
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