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To accomplish this, the Clipper card memory keeps track of balance on the card, fares paid, and trip history. This also means if funds are added to the Clipper account via the internet, funds will not show up on the Clipper card until it has been tagged at an internet-enabled (or recently synchronized) Clipper payment terminal. [49]
Bald Eagle was a clipper ship launched in 1852 which made four round-trip passages from eastern U.S. ports before being lost on her fifth voyage in the Pacific Ocean in 1861. She set the record, 78 days 22 hours, for the fastest passage of a fully loaded ship between San Francisco and New York.
Sailing card for Golden State from New York to San Francisco. Her second voyage was under Captain Barstow. Golden State left New York City on May 25, 1854, reached San Francisco on September 28, departed on October 14 and arrived at Shanghai 42 days later. She then sailed for New York on January 1, 1855, arriving 88 and a half days later. [1]
Clipper ship sailing card Robin Hood was a tea clipper built by Alexander Hall and Sons , in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1856. [ 2 ] The ship's best known commander was Capt. Cobb. [ 1 ] The ship is remembered for a 107-day passage to San Francisco.
The clippers that sailed at the beginning of the 1866/67 tea season had a premium of 10s per ton written into their bills of lading, payable, by the consignees, to the first ship to dock in London. This is additional to the ordinary rate of freight that had been negotiated - in the case of Ariel in 1866, that was £ 5 per ton.
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has built a fantasy basketball team, trading a handful of draft picks and another filled with expiring contracts to the 76ers for one-time NBA MVP James Harden, but ...
The Clippers have unveiled a fresh new logo and uniforms that will debut at the start of the 2024-25 season. Clippers reveal new nautically themed logo, uniforms that pay tribute to team's history ...
A sailing card for the clipper Kingfisher Sailing card for clipper ship Great Republic Sailing card advertising the clipper ship Peruvian. A sailing card is a printed advertisement with information on a ship and its sailing dates, especially clipper ships. [1] Mystic Seaport in Mystic Connecticut has a collection of sailing cards. [2]