Homeport Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. Rigging bark. Tonnage 257 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Pacific. Date of departure 7 October 1840. Date of return 22 July 1844. Number of fur seal skins 4,000. Barrels of sea-elephant oil 1,200. Also sperm oil and bone.
Source
George Brown Goode. The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. Section V. Vol II. Washington, 1887.
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