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GreatGazoo

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3. The old swticheroo!

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 04:07 PM

Jan 7

Possibly they picked that one to board and seize because they knew it was empty, eg avoids a massive oil spill. "theater" is entirely possible.

Right after the American Revolution, some of the whaling families in Nantucket and P-town split up. The older generation went to Halifax. The younger to the Hudson Valley. The English put a 100% tariff on whale oil coming from the USA and I highly suspect that oil was sent to Halifax and relabeled to avoid the tariff.

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Look how empty that thing is! GreatGazoo Jan 7 #1

I saw an article but it was from the Kenya something or other, gab13by13 Jan 7 #2

The old swticheroo! GreatGazoo Jan 7 #3