List of extreme clippers

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Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Owner Notes
16 June 1850  United States Samuel Hall, East Boston, MA New York Surprise Extreme clipper A. A. Low & Brother[1]
20 Nov. 1850  United States George Raynes Portsmouth, NH Sea Serpent Extreme clipper Grinnell, Minturn & Co, New York
21 Dec. 1850  United States Paul Curtis Chelsea, MA Witchcraft Extreme clipper Samuel Hall, East Boston Designed by Samuel Hartt Pook
5 Feb. 1851  United States Westervelt & Mackay New York N.B. Palmer Extreme clipper A.A. Low & Brother, New York Named after Nathaniel Brown Palmer[2]
5 Apr. 1851  United States George Raynes Portsmouth, NH Witch of the Wave Extreme clipper Glidden & Williams, East Boston
15 Apr. 1851  United States Donald McKay East Boston, MA Flying Cloud Extreme clipper Grinnell, Minturn & Co, New York Most famous McKay extreme clipper. Record passage, NY to SF, 89 days[3]
1 May 1851  United States John Taylor Medford, MA Syren Extreme clipper Silsbee & Pickman, Salem, MA
16 June 1851  United States Samuel Hanscomb Jr. Portsmouth, NH Nightingale Extreme clipper Captain A.F. Miller, Boston Tea clipper; became notorious as slaver; Civil War US Navy ship, arctic explorer[4]
25 Sept. 1851  United States E. & H.O. Briggs South Boston, MA Northern Light Extreme clipper James Huckins Designed by Samuel Hartt Pook. 1853 record, San Francisco to Boston, 76 days, 6 hours.[5]


References

  1. Bruzelius, Lars (1996-12-02). "Surprise". Clipper Ships: Surprise (1850). The Virtual Maritime Archives. http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Surprise%281850%29.html. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  2. Bruzelius, Lars (1996-04-05). "N.B. Palmer". Clipper Ships: N.B. Palmer (1851). The Virtual Maritime Archives. http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/NB_Palmer%281851%29.html. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  3. Bruzelius, Lars (2003-12-14). "Flying Cloud". Sailing Ships: Flying Cloud (1851). The Virtual Maritime Archives. http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Flying_Cloud%281851%29.html. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  4. Bruzelius, Lars (2000-01-11). "Nightingale". Sailing Ships: Nightingale (1851). The Virtual Maritime Archives. http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Nightingale%281851%29.html. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  5. Bruzelius, Lars (1997-01-23). "Sailing Ships: "Northern Light" (1851)". The Virtual Maritime Archives. http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Northern_Light%281851%29.html. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  • Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0070145016. 
  • Howe, Octavius T; Matthews, Frederick C. (1986 reprint of 1926-1927 ed.). American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Volume 1, Adelaide-Lotus. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 04865152.