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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 ]
Donald McKay was launched on Donald McKay's shipyard in East Boston, USA, in January 1855.Newspapers reported that she had "all the airy beauty of a clipper combined with the stately outline of a ship of war and, though not sharp, yet her great length, buoyancy, and stability, indicate[d] that she [would] sail very fast, and be an excellent sea boat". [2]
Donald Mackay, 11th of Strathnaver (died 1550), chief of the ancient Clan Mackay; Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (1591–1649), Scottish peer and soldier; Donald Mackay (fur trader) (1753–1833), Canadian trader with the North West Company; Donald Mackay (Royal Navy officer) (1780–1850), British admiral; Donald McKay (1810–1880), Canadian ...
Donald Mackay was born in Griffith, New South Wales, and raised in Sydney. His wife Barbara (1935–2001) was an active member of the Uniting Church in Griffith and was a part-time physiotherapist. The couple had four children: Paul, Ruth, Mary, and James. Mackay and his family ran a furniture business in Griffith called Mackay's Furniture. [1]
Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay. She was known for her extremely close race with Hornet in 1853; for having a woman navigator, Eleanor Creesy, wife of Josiah Perkins Creesy who skippered Flying Cloud on two record-setting voyages from New York to San Francisco; and for sailing in the Australia and timber ...
Donald McKay (c. 1836 – April 19, 1899) was an American scout, actor, and spokesman. He is best known as the leader of the Warm Springs Indians during the Modoc War and American Indian Wars . Biography
Donald McKay, DFM & Bar (1917 – 1 October 1959) was a flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.During his service with the RAF, he was credited with having destroyed at least fourteen German aircraft although this total may be understated.
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