Talk:Whaling Disaster of 1871

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A fact from Whaling Disaster of 1871 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 9 April 2008.

What is the name of the one vessel that was later salvaged in 1872? --74.13.125.31 (talk) 21:01, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

The bark Minerva - it was in the table, but I added it into the text with a citation. Thanks for pointing that out.Cbaer (talk) 22:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Death blow"

It might be advisable to rephrase or cite for "It dealt a death blow to the American whaling industry" - History of whaling indicates the practice went on at least until later in that decade, if not the next. Maybe even a sentence or two at the end of the article on the wider impact of the disaster? Biruitorul (talk) 21:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Quite right - that phrase has been bothering me as well. I'm going to go ahead and soften that a little bit.Cbaer (talk) 22:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)