Flying Fish (clipper)

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*Flying Fish*
History

United States
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

^ ^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.

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1850–1852	Antelope of Boston Bald Eagle Carrier Pigeon Celestial Empire Challenge Challenger Comet Eastern State Flying Cloud Flying Fish Game Cock Golden South Golden West Harriet Hoxie Hippogriffe Hornet Hurricane Ino John Gilpin Marco Polo National Eagle N.B. Palmer Nightingale North American Northern Light Onward Race Horse Sea Nymph Sea Serpent Shooting Star Snow Squall Sovereign of the Seas Stag Hound Stornoway Surprise Swordfish Syren Westward Ho! Witch of the Wave Witchcraft
1853–1859	Andrew Jackson Belle of the West Blue Jacket Carrier Dove California Champion of the Seas Donald McKay Dreadnought Driver Duncan Dunbar Ganges Golden Fleece Golden State Gravina Great Republic Herald of the Morning James Baines King Philip Kingfisher Kosmopoliet Lammermuir Lightning Lookout Lord of the Isles Mary Robinson Mary Whitridge Mimosa Neptune's Car Newcastle Ocean Chief Ocean Telegraph Orient Red Jacket Robin Hood Royal Charter Santa Claus Scawfell Schomberg Stag Starlight Sunny South Sweepstakes Tayleur Tejuca Thatcher Magoun Wild Hunter White Swallow Windsor Castle Young America
1860s	Ambassador Ariel City of Adelaide Coonatto Cornwallis Cremorne Cutty Sark Fiery Cross Flying Spur Fusi Yama Kaisow Glory of the Seas Golden Spur Great Australia John R. Worcester Lahloo Lammermuir Leander Miako Norman Court Osaka Queen of Nations Seminole Serica Sir Lancelot South Australian Taeping Taitsing The Murray Thermopylae Sobraon Windhover Wylo Yatala
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