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A steam powered whaler with harpoon canon from Sept-Îles (Quebec), about 1900.
A whaler (or whale catcher) is a specialized kind of ship, designed for catching whales. Whalers of the nineteenth century Moby Dick whaling era in the Pacific were often bark-rigged wooden sailing vessels of 250 to 350 tons, with a tryworks on board for processing the whale blubber into oil.

Early 20th century whalers displaced approximately 200 tons, and mounted a harpoon firing cannon on the forecastle. A catwalk allowed the gunner fast access to gun.

Early 20th century whalers would tow their whales to a nearby, shore-based, whaling station, like Grytviken, South Georgia. Later in the 20th century the whalers in a whaling fleet would tow their kills to a large factory ship for processing.

The very successful World War II Flower Class corvettes were based on the design of the whaler Southern Pride.

See also

Whalers may mean:
  • Whaling, for information on sailors who hunt whales
  • Hartford Whalers, a former/future hockey team
  • Plymouth Whalers, a current hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League
  • Eden Whalers, an Australian Rules Football team.

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The 19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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Moby-Dick

Title page, first edition of Moby-Dick
Author Herman Melville
Original title The Whale
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Adventure novel, , Sea story
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A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel.

History of the term

See barge for the word's etymology


The word barc appears to have come from Celtic languages.
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A trywork, located aft of the fore-mast, is the most distinguishing feature of a whaling ship. In two cast-iron trypots set into this furnace of brick, iron and wood, oil was rendered from the blubber of whales, much as grease is rendered from frying bacon.
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twentieth century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar. Some historians consider the era from about 1914 to 1991 to be the Short Twentieth Century.
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harpoon (from French harpon) is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing to catch fish or other large aquatic animals such as whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the target animal, with the fishermen then using the a rope or chain attached to the butt of the
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A bridge allowing the gunner fast access to the gun on a whale catcher

First used on the Silva in 1926.
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Grytviken (Swedish for 'Pot Cove'; Grytvika/Grytviken in Norwegian) is the principal settlement in the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia in the South Atlantic.
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Motto
"Leo Terram Propriam Protegat"   (Latin)
"Let the Lion protect his own land"
or "May the Lion protect his own land"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen"
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mother ship is a vessel or aircraft that carries a smaller vessel or aircraft that operates independently from it. Examples include bombers converted to carry experimental aircraft to altitudes where they can conduct their research (such as the B-52 carrying the X-15), or ships
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Allied powers:
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 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
...et al. Axis powers:
 Germany
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...et al.
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    The Flower class corvettes were a class of 267 corvettes developed by the Royal Navy specifically for the protection of shipping convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) in World War II.
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    Whaling is the harvesting of free-roaming whales from the oceans and dates back to at least 6,000 BC. Whaling and other threats have led to at least 5 of the 13 great whales being listed as endangered.
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    Jason was a Norwegian whaling vessel laid down in Rødsverven, Norway in 1881. The ship, financed by Christen Christensen, an entrepreneur from Sandefjord, Norway, was noted for its participation in a 1892-1893 Antarctic expedition led by Carl Anton Larsen.
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    Southern Actor is a former whale catcher, currently a museum ship based in Sandefjord, Norway and owned by Sandefjord Museum. It was built in 1950 for the whaling company Christian Salvesen Ltd, Leith, Scotland.
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    This is a list of ships built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway.

    Rødsverven, Søren Lorentz Christensen


    Built year Ship type Name Tonnage Owner
    1842 Barque Fortuna 173 (capacity)
    1846 Havfruen 205.
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