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The introduction of the factory ships into the fleets of existing commercial whaling operations in 1925 brought with it increased catches of predominantly blue whales due to their large size and yield of whale oil derived from the blubber that insulates whales in the cold seas. It is worth noting that humpback whales were also caught as they were slower swimmers and easier to catch, as the humpback whales were often found close to the coast. They were then often towed back to land-based processing sites, such as Grytviken on South Georgia, established by Carl Larsen in 1904. The ability of the factory ships to work practically anywhere at sea, allowed them also to operate beyond the jurisdiction of the British Government. More importantly for the whalers, it allowed the huge ships to ignore the quotas and regulations applied by the British on numbers and species of whales caught. With increasing efficiency in hunting, the blue whale catch in the summer of 1932 peaked with over......

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