Homeport New London, Connecticut, USA. Rigging schooner. Tonnage 113 tons. Antarctic sealing ground South Pacific. Date of departure 14 August 1840. Date of return 8 June 1842. Number of fur seal skins 200. Barrels of sea-elephant oil -. Also 12,000 hair-seal skins, 200 other skins and whale oil.
Source
Goode, George Brown. The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States. Section V. History and methods of the fisheries. Volume II, Washington, 1887.
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