Sovereign of the Seas (clipper)
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 Sovereign of the Seas |
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| Career (United States) |  |
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| Builder: | Donald McKay of East Boston, MA |
| Launched: | 1852 |
| Fate: | Wrecked in the Strait of Malacca, on voyage from Hamburg to China, 1859.[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Extreme clipper |
| Tons burthen: | 2421 tons. |
| Length: | 252 ft. (76.8m) |
| Beam: | 45.6 ft. (13.9m) |
| Draft: | 29.2 ft. (8.9m) |
| Notes: | Has held the record for the fastest speed ever for a sailing ship, 22 knots (41 km/h, 25 mph), since 1854 |
For other ships of this name, see Sovereign of the Seas.
The Sovereign of the Seas, a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the 1854 world record for fastest sailing ship-- 22 knots.
Sovereign of the Seas has held this record for over 100 years.
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[edit] Notable passages
Built by Donald McKay of East Boston, Massachusetts, Sovereign of the Seas was the first ship to travel more than 400 miles[clarification needed] in 24 hours. On the second leg of her maiden voyage, she made a record passage from Honolulu, Hawaii to New York[clarification needed] in 82 days. She then broke the record to Liverpool, England, making the passage in 13 days 13.5 hours. In 1853 she was chartered by James Baines & Co. of the Black Ball Line, Liverpool for the Australia trade.
[edit] Fastest speed ever recorded for a sailing ship
In 1854, Sovereign of the Seas recorded the fastest speed ever for a sailing ship, logging 22 knots (41 km/h, 25 mph).[2]
[edit] Delivery of locomotive to San Francisco
Sovereign of the Seas left New York on January 20, 1869, and arrived in San Francisco on June 11 of that year after a voyage of 142 days, carrying Central Pacific locomotive CP 150. [3]
[edit] Images
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sovereign of the Seas (ship, 1852) |
- Sovereign of the Seas, Springfield Museum Currier and Ives lithograph[4]
- Builder's half hull model of Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas
- Painting of clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, San Francisco Public Library
[edit] See also
- Donald McKay
- List of large sailing vessels -- Can be sorted by speed
- Hobart Bosworth -- Cabin boy on Sovereign of the Seas who became a famous actor
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lars Bruzelius. "Sailing Ships: Sovereign of the Seas". http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Sovereign_of_the_Seas%281852%29.html. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ Octavius T. Howe; Frederick G. Matthews (1986). American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. 1. New York. ISBN 0-486-25115-2.
- ^ Huffman, Wendell (1999). "Railroads Shipped by Sea". Railroad History (Westford, Mass.: Railway & Locomotive Historical Society) Bulletin 180 (Spring, 1999): 7–30. http://cprr.org/Museum/RR_Shipped_by_Sea.html. Retrieved Oct. 3, 2010.
- ^ Nathaniel Currier (1852). "Sailing Ships: Sovereign of the Seas, hand-colored lithograph". Springfield Museums Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/fine_arts/collection/view/230-clipper_ship_sovereign_of_the_seas. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
[edit] References
- Lyon, Jane D (1962). Clipper Ships and Captains. New York: American Heritage Publishing.
- Lars Bruzelius (February 15, 2000). "Sovereign of the Seas". http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Sovereign_of_the_Seas(1852).html. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
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