List of ship launches in 1851
The list of ship launches in 1851 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1851.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Owner | Notes |
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4 January | ![]() |
Perrine, Patterson & Stack | Williamsburg, New York | Ino | Extreme clipper | Sifkin & Ironside, New York City | Served in Civil War. Renamed Shooting Star in 1867, was Finnish barque Ellen in 1886.[1] |
5 February | ![]() |
Westervelt & Mackay | New York City | N.B. Palmer | Extreme clipper | A.A. Low & Brother, New York City | Named after Nathaniel Brown Palmer[2] |
8 February | ![]() |
James O. Curtis | Medford, MA | Shooting Star | Clipper | Reed Wade & Co., Boston | Another 1851 clipper, Ino of New York, was renamed Shooting Star in 1867.[3] |
5 April | ![]() |
George Raynes | Portsmouth, NH | Witch of the Wave | Extreme clipper | Glidden & Williams, East Boston | Sailed for 34 years; held record from Calcutta to Boston; renamed Electra in 1855. |
15 April | ![]() |
Donald McKay | East Boston, MA | Flying Cloud | Extreme clipper | Grinnell, Minturn & Co, New York City | Most famous McKay extreme clipper. Record passage, NY to SF, 89 days[5] |
1 May | ![]() |
John Taylor | Medford, MA | Syren | Extreme clipper | Silsbee & Pickman, Salem, MA[4] | |
16 June | ![]() |
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[6] |
20 June | ![]() |
Westervelt & MacKay | New York City | Hornet | Extreme clipper | Chamberlain & Phelps, New York.[4] | Famous for its race with Flying Cloud |
25 September | ![]() |
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.[7] |
25 October | ![]() |
Isaac C. Smith | Hoboken, New Jersey | Hurricane | Extreme clipper | C. W. & A. Thomas | |
November | ![]() |
James O. Curtis | Medford, MA | Antelope | Medium clipper | William Lincoln and Co., Boston |
References
- Bruzelius, Lars (1999-04-23). "Clipper Ships: "Ino" (1851)". Ino. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- Bruzelius, Lars (1996-04-05). "N.B. Palmer". Clipper Ships: N.B. Palmer (1851). The Virtual Maritime Archives. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- Bruzelius, Lars (2000-01-08). "Clipper Ships Built in the United States: Massachusetts". The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-07-014501-6.
- Bruzelius, Lars (2003-12-14). "Flying Cloud". Sailing Ships: Flying Cloud (1851). The Virtual Maritime Archives. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- Bruzelius, Lars (2000-01-11). "Nightingale". Sailing Ships: Nightingale (1851). The Virtual Maritime Archives. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- Bruzelius, Lars (1997-01-23). "Sailing Ships: "Northern Light" (1851)". The Virtual Maritime Archives. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. pp. xii, etc. ISBN 0-07-014501-6.
- Gleason, Hall (1937). Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford. Medford, MA: J.C. Miller. p. 73.
- 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. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-0486251158.
- Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-07-014501-6.
- 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 978-0486251158.
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