Hornet (clipper)
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 United States
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| Name: | Hornet |
| Owner: | Chamberlain & Phelps, New York. |
| Ordered: | Westervelt & MacKay, New York |
| Launched: | June 20, 1851 |
| Out of service: | 1866 (presumed sank) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Extreme clipper |
| Tons burthen: | 1426 tons |
| Length: | 207 ft. |
| Beam: | 40 ft. |
| Draft: | 22 ft.[1] |
Hornet was an 1851 extreme clipper in the San Francisco trade, famous for its race with Flying Cloud.
Race with Flying Cloud
Hornet had a two-day head start on Flying Cloud in their famous 1853 race. She left New York for San Francisco, April 26, 1853, with Flying Cloud departing two days later.
After the roughly 15,000 mile voyage around Cape Horn, both ships arrived in San Francisco harbor 106 days later at almost the same time, with Hornet sailing in just 45 minutes ahead of Flying Cloud.
Voyages
In 1866, Hornet took a cargo of candles, case oil, and oil in barrels from New York to San Francisco under Captain Josiah A. Mitchell.
Loss of the ship
Hornet caught fire and sank on May 3, 1866. The crew left the ship in three boats. The captain's boat reached Hawaii on June 15, 1866, but the two other boats disappeared.[2]
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References
- ↑ Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. pp. xvii. ISBN 0-07-014501-6.
- ↑ Bruzelius, Lars (1996-01-02). "Clipper Ships: "Hornet" (1851)". Hornet. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
Further reading
- "The Saga of the Clipper Ship Hornet and the Ferguson Brothers of Stamford". The Stamford Historical Society, Newsletter Excerpt 49 (2). Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- Brown, Alexander C. Longboat to Hawaii, An Account of the Voyage of the Clipper Ship Hornet of New York Bound for San Francisco in 1866. Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0870332015.
- Mark Twain [as "Mark Swain"] (Dec 1866). "Forty-three Days in an Open Boat". Harper's New Monthly Magazine 34: 104–113. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- Zmijewski, David (1999). "The Hornet: Mark Twain's Interpretations of a Perilous Journey" (pdf). The Hawaiian Journal of History 33.
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