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Whaler
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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.
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