Here whales were flensed alongside the ship, the blubber cut into small pieces and put into casks to either be boiled into oil at a station ashore, or, by late century, on the return to port.
Whales were also processed alongside the ship, their blubber was cut into smaller portions and placed in barrels to either be refined into oil at a coastal facility or, by the late 19th century, on the return journey to harbor.