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Sunday, 6 September 2026

American sailing sealing ship Corvo in 1836-1837

Antarctic sealing ground Falkland Islands. Rigging ship. Tonnage 349 tons. Captain Beck. Left Stonington in October 1836, arrived home on 13 November 1837 with 1,400 barrels sea-elephant oil and 1,300 barrels whale-oil. Had as tenders the schooners La Grange and Bolton.

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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