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The two ships were fairly near together all the way home, and they actually hove to for pilots, off the Isle of Wight, within an hour of each other. The American captain determined that he would not be outdone by the Britisher, so leaving his ship in the hands of the mate, he came ashore in the boat that brought out his pilot, took the steamer ...
This extreme clipper ship was built in 1853 by Page & Allen of Portsmouth, Virginia. Dimensions 216'×40'×23'6" and tonnage 1,616 (of cargo carrying volume—old measurement). Launched April 16, 1853 for Foster & Nickerson, New York. Ocean Chief — 1853 United States (Thomaston, ME) Burned in 1862 — Orient: 1853 United Kingdom (London ...
Driver was a clipper ship, constructed for David Ogden et al in 1854 at Newburyport, Massachusetts. She sailed between New York and Liverpool carrying immigrants to the US for the Red Cross Line. She was lost at sea with no known survivors after setting sail from Liverpool 12 February 1856.
"The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight 1859–1860"; painting by James E. Buttersworth. Within six weeks of her 1851 launch Flying Cloud sailed from New York, rounded Cape Horn and made San Francisco in 89 days, 21 hours under the command of Captain Josiah Perkins Creesy.
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.
List of people who sailed on clipper ships + Baltimore Clipper; B. Blackadder (clipper) Blue Jacket (clipper) C. Cimba; City of Adelaide (1864) Clontarf (ship ...
Most notable are The "Ann McKim" leaving Foochow for Home, circa 1960, sold at Christie's for $116,550 in 2013 [55] and White Squall – Clipper Ship "Ann Mckim", sold for $68,500 to a private collector from Virginia in 2014. [56] She was printed with five sails per mast by Charles J. A. Wilson on Ann McKim of Baltimore – First American ...
The Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud" off the Needles, Isle of Wight, by James E. Buttersworth, 1859-60.. The Isle of Wight is rich in historical and archaeological sites, from prehistoric fossil beds with dinosaur remains, to dwellings and artefacts dating back to the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman periods.