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  2. List of clipper ships - Wikipedia

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    She was an extreme clipper and only full-sized sailing ship built by George Steers. Initially, she sailed in the California and Brazil trades. Sold in 1859 and renamed Emanuela, she was considered to be the fastest slaver sailing out of Havana. The British Royal Navy captured Emanuela off the coast of Africa in 1860 with over 800 slaves aboard ...

  3. Full-rigged ship - Wikipedia

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    The lowest and normally largest sail on a mast is the course sail of that mast, and is referred to simply by the mast name: Foresail, mainsail, mizzen sail, jigger sail or more commonly forecourse etc. Even a full-rigged ship did not usually have a lateral (square) course on the mizzen mast below the mizzen topmast.

  4. Clipper - Wikipedia

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    Clipper ship sailing card for the Free Trade, printed by Nesbitt & Co., New York, early 1860s. Departures of clipper ships, mostly from New York and Boston to San Francisco, were advertised by clipper-ship sailing cards. These cards, slightly larger than today's postcards, were produced by letterpress and wood engraving on coated card stock.

  5. Flying Cloud (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours. The ship held this record for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989. Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay.

  6. Category:Clippers - Wikipedia

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    Sailing card; Schomberg (1855) Scottish Maid; Sebastopol (ship) Snow Squall (clipper) Sobraon (1866) South Australian (clipper ship) Stad Amsterdam; Stag (barque) Alfred Bulltop Stormalong; Swordfish (clipper)

  7. Baltimore Clipper - Wikipedia

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    Replica of 1847 "Baltimore Clipper" Californian built in 1984. A Baltimore clipper is a fast sailing ship historically built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States, especially at the port of Baltimore, Maryland. An early form of clipper, the name is most commonly applied to two-masted schooners and brigantines. These vessels may also ...

  8. Sovereign of the Seas (clipper) - Wikipedia

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    Has held the record for the fastest speed ever for a sailing ship, 22 kn (41 km/h), since 1854 Sovereign of the Seas , a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the world record for the fastest sailing ship, with a speed of 22 knots (41 km/h).

  9. Royal Clipper - Wikipedia

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    Star Clippers claims that she is the largest "true sailing ship" built since Preussen. She is listed in Guinness World Records as the largest square-rigged ship in service, with 5,202 square metres (55,990 sq ft) of sail. Her sails can be handled with a crew as small as twenty using powered controls. [3]