Flying Cloud (1851)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Wood Wind, Sail United States 1851
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
235 1782

Clipper. Built by Donald McKay. New York to San Francisco in 1851 in 89 days 21 hours. Hard driving captain Josiah Cressy. Later a passenger ship from England to Australia. Burned for fittings in 1875.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey
The Clipper Ship Era

Compiler

Peter Richards

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