Stag (barque)

History

Canada
Name:	Stag
Owner:	John Strachan, Halifax
Port of registry:	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Laid down:	1854
Launched:	LaHave, Nova Scotia
Fate:	Sank February 12, 1863 Bermuda
General characteristics
Tonnage:	209
Length:	103.8 ft.
Beam:	22.4 ft.
Depth:	12.6 ft.
Propulsion:	Sail
Sail plan:	Barque

Stag was a barque built in Nova Scotia which was renowned for her speed. Designed by a pioneering Canadian naval architect Ebenezer Moseley, Stag was built with a dramatic "Aberdeen bow". Considered an Atlantic Canadian example of a Clipper Ship, she was famous for several fast passages, despite her small size, and was painted by the famous Nova Scotian ship portrait artist John O'Brien.

References

Sailing Ships of the Maritime Charles Armour and Thomas Lackey (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1975)

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Clipper ships, designers & builders

American-built early clippers (in year order)	Anglona (1840) Ariel (1842) Houqua (1844)

American-built extreme clippers, 1845–50 (in year order)	Rainbow (1845) Sea Witch (1846) Memnon (1848) Ticonderoga (1849) Game Cock (1850) Race Horse (barque) (1850) Sea Serpent (1850) Stag Hound (1850) Surprise (1850) Witchcraft (1850)

American-built extreme clippers, 1851–55	Blue Jacket (1854) Challenger (1853) Champion of the Seas (1854) Comet (1851) Flying Cloud (1851) Golden West (1852) Great Republic (barque) (1853) Hornet (1851) Ino (1851) James Baines (1854) John Gilpin (1852) Lightning (1853) N.B. Palmer (1851) Nightingale (1851) Ocean Telegraph / Light Brigade (1854) Onward (1852) Red Jacket (1853) Shooting Star (1851) Sovereign of the Seas (1852) Sunny South (1854) Syren (1851) Sweepstakes (1853) Swordfish (1851) Westward Ho! (1852) White Swallow (1853) Witch of the Wave (1851) Young America (1853)

American-built medium clippers, 1851–55	Andrew Jackson (1855) Antelope of Boston (1851) Carrier Dove (1855) Carrier Pigeon (1852) Celestial Empire (1852) Flying Childers (1852) Ganges (1854) Golden Fleece (1855) Harriet Hoxie (1851) Herald of the Morning (1853) Kingfisher (1853) Lookout (1853) Mary Robinson (1854) Starlight (1854)

American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1856–59	King Philip (1856) Seminole (1865) Thatcher Magoun (1856)

American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1860s	Cremorne (1863) Shooting Star (1867)

British-built "Aberdeen" clippers, 1839–58	Challenger (1852) Lammermuir (1856) Lord of the Isles (1853) Mimosa (1853) Robin Hood (1856) Stornoway (1850)

British-built newer style clippers, 1859–70	Ariel (composite) (1865) Blackadder (iron) (1870) Cimba City of Adelaide (composite) (1864) Cutty Sark (composite) (1869) Fiery Cross (1860) Flying Spur (1860) Hallowe'en (iron) (1870) Lahloo (composite) (1867) Lammermuir (composite) (1864) Leander (composite) (1867) Lothair (composite) (1870) Norman Court (composite) (1869) Serica (1863) Sir Lancelot (composite) (1865) Taeping (composite) (1863) Taitsing (composite) (1865) Tayleur (iron) (1864) Thermopylae (composite) (1868)

Dutch-built clippers	California Kosmopoliet Stad Amsterdam Cisne Branco Shabab Oman II

Canadian-built clippers	Marco Polo (1851) Stag (1854)

American designers and builders	Curtis, James O. Curtis, Paul Curtis, Paul & Taylor Fernald & Pettigrew Griffiths, John Willis McKay, Donald Palmer, Nathaniel Pook, Samuel Hartt Webb, William H Westervelt, Jacob A.

British designers and builders	Linton, Hercules Lithgow, William Russell, John Scott Scott & Linton Pile, William

Surviving 19th century clippers	City of Adelaide Cutty Sark

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