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A clipper ship built for Reed, Wade & Co., Boston for the New York to San Francisco run. Built by James O. Curtis, Medford, Massachusetts, to the design of Boston-based naval architect Samuel Hartt Pook. Launched 29 March 1854. Dimensions 227' × 40' × 23' and tonnage 1495 tons Old Measurement.
Yankee Clipper is a three masted sailing cruise ship that served for Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. She was originally built in Kiel, Germany as the Cressida, an armor plated private yacht. She was a prize in World War II. She was acquired by the Vanderbilts and was renamed Pioneer. In 1965, the ship was acquired by Windjammer Barefoot cruises.
The Yankee Clipper, a 1927 maritime adventure film; A Marvel Comics superhero active during the 1950s appearing in Marvel: The Lost Generation; The nickname of Terry Hoitz, a fictional character in the 2010 film The Other Guys; Yankee Clipper, now named AQUAMAN Splashdown, a hydroflume amusement park ride at Six Flags Great America
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.
The last Pan American 314 to be retired, the California Clipper NC18602 had accumulated more than a million flight miles by 1946. [60] Of the 12 Boeing 314 Clippers built, three were lost to accidents, although only one of those resulted in fatalities, the loss of Yankee Clipper.
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.
The four ships in their fleet as of the shut down were all laid up and were left in a neglected state of condition. [2] [3] Advertisement from a 1975 issue of Byte. Active ships at the time the company shut down: S/V Legacy; S/V Polynesia-- sold to Portuguese Navy; S/V Mandalay; S/V Yankee Clipper-- permanently docked in Trinidad; Retired ships:
The Yankee Clipper (civil registration NC18603) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, best known for on 20 May 1939 beginning the first scheduled airmail service between the United States and Europe. It crashed on 22 February 1943, while attempting to land on the River Tagus at Lisbon, in Portugal killing 24 and injuring others while ...