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Donald McKay was an extreme clipper designed by Donald McKay, his last. Built for James Baines & Co. , she sailed on the Black Ball Line of Liverpool from 1855 to 1868, carrying passengers and mail between England and Australia.
Donald McKay (September 4, 1810 – September 20, 1880) was a Nova Scotian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships, famed for his record-setting extreme clippers. Early life [ edit ]
Lightning was a clipper ship, one of the last really large clippers to be built in the United States.She was built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, for the Australia trade.
Built by Donald McKay for James Baines of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool, for the Australia trade. Second fastest speed record 436 miles in 24 hours on maiden voyage Boston - Liverpool, and third fastest record of 430 miles in 24 hrs going to Australia. Mary Robinson: 1854 United States (Bath, ME) Sank in 1864 215 ft (66 m) Ocean Telegraph [d] 1854
Donald McKay hired Capt.John Geit as sailing master per McKay family correspondence. She anchored at San Francisco on June 13 after a passage of 120 days. From there she sailed to Liverpool, England, under Captain William Chatfield. Donald McKay subsequently went bankrupt in 1870-1871.
Launched at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, for the Black Ball Line, Liverpool. June 1854 New York to Liverpool in 29 days. Captain Alexander Newlands 11 October 1854 – 26 December 1854: Her maiden voyage Liverpool - Melbourne took 75 days during which a 24‑hour run of 465 miles (861 km) was recorded. Captain Alexander Newlands 1855
James Baines was a passenger clipper ship completely constructed of timber in the 1850s and launched on 25 July 1854 from the East Boston shipyard of the famous ship builder Donald McKay in the United States for the Black Ball Line of James Baines & Co., Liverpool. The clipper was one of the few known larger sailing ships rigged with a moonsail.
Great Republic, as originally built in 1853. Designed by naval architect and shipbuilder Donald McKay as a four-deck four-masted medium clipper barque, Great Republic—at 4,555 tons registry [4] —was intended to be the most profitable wooden sailing ship ever to ply the Australian gold rush and southern oceans merchant trade.