Flying Fish (clipper)
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History | |
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Owner | Sampson and Tappan[1] |
Builder | Donald McKay of East Boston, Massachusetts |
Launched | 1851 |
Fate | Wrecked, 1858 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Clipper |
Tonnage | 1505 |
Length | 196.6 feet (59.9 m)[1] |
Beam | 27.1 feet (8.3 m)[1] |
Draught | 22 feet (6.7 m)[1] |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Fully rigged |
Armament | None |
Flying Fish was a California clipper ship of the extreme type launched in 1851. Her figurehead was a green and gold flying fish. At full sail she could set 8,250 yards of canvas. The ship was wrecked in 1858 while coming out of Fuzhou with a cargo of tea leaves.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Donald McCay". Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ William H. Ukers (1935). All About Tea. p. 95.