Whaling ships

thumb|300px|right|Dutch Republic|Dutch whalers near [[Spitsbergen, painted by Abraham Storck.]] thumb|200px|right| was a whaleship built in 1841 A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.

Belgian research ship built in 1884

1770 survey vessel

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American whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts

sailing ship

Swedish barque

whaling factory ship of the Japanese whaling fleet

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steam yacht built in 1876

Swedish steamship used for several polar expeditions

steam-powered sealing vessel

Norwegian sailship

SS Medic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line in 1899

Norwegian steamship

steam yacht

ship crushed and sunk by Arctic ice in January 1914

ship built in 1950

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ship built in 1950

Whaling ship from New Bedford, Massachusetts

ship built in 1926

American whaling ship built in 1841

1815 Hecla-class bomb vessel

ship launched in 1905

ship built in 1998

Japanese whaler

navy steam whaling barque

ship built in 2002

1941 Flower-class corvette