Day's Run
Note that none of the following claimed 24 hour runs can be substantiated by the official ships' logs.
- 465 miles
- 1854 December 12,
Champion of the Seas, 2447 tons, Captain Alexander Newlands.
- 436 miles
- 1854 March 1,
Lightning, 2084 tons, Captain James N. Forbes.
- 438 miles
- 1854 January 7,
Marco Polo, 1650 tons, Captain Charles McDonnell.
- 430 miles
- 1857 March 19,
Lightning, 2084 tons,
- 423 miles
- 1855 February 6,
James Baines, 2515 tons, Captain Charles
McDonnell.
- 421 miles
- 1854 November 23,
Lightning, 2084 tons, Captain James N. Forbes.
- 421 miles
- 1855 February 27,
Donald McKay, 2598 tons, Captain Henry Warner.
First part, strong gales from north-west; middle, blowing a
hurricane from west-north-west, ship scudding under topsails and foresail at
rate of 18 knots; latter part, still blowing from west-north-west with heavy
hail squalls; very high sea running.
- 417 miles
- 1854 January 19,
Red Jacket, 2305 tons, Captain Asa Eldridge.
- 413 miles
- 1856 December 12,
Great Republic, 3356 tons, Captain Joseph Limeburner.
- 411 miles
- 1853 March 18,
Sovereign of the Seas, 2420 tons,
Captain Lauchlan McKay.
- 407 miles
- 1855 January 27,
James Baines, 2515 tons, Captain Charles McDonnell.
- 404 miles
- 1856 May 28,
James Baines, 2515 tons, Captain Charles McDonnell.
- 400 miles
- 1854 July 6,
Red Jacket, 2305 tons, Captain Henry Warner.
23½ hours
- 365 miles
- 1934 November 27,
Herzogin Ceclie, Finnish four-masted steel barque.
4 days
- 281,8 miles/day — total 1.127 miles
- 1934-11-11—14 Herzogin Ceclie, Finnish four-masted steel barque.
5 days
- 367,9 miles/day — total 1801 miles in five days of 23½ hours
- Steel ship Glenalvon (1895).
6 days
- 360,5 miles/day — total 2163 miles
- 1875 Cutty Sark, British extreme clipper ship.
7 days
- 292 miles/day — total 2.044 miles
- 1933-12-24—30 Priwall, German four-masted steel barque.
- 291,7 miles/day — total 2.042 miles
- 1933-12-24—30 Padua, German four-masted steel barque.
- 268,6 miles/day — total 1.880 miles
- 1934-11-24—30 Herzogin Ceclie, Finnish four-masted steel barque.
12 days
- 311,3 miles/day — total 3736 miles
- Sovereign of the Seas.
- 277,7 miles/day — total 3332 miles
- 1854 Red Jacket, American extreme clipper ship.
13 days
- 281,8 miles/day — total 3,664 miles
- 1933-12-18—30 Padua, German four-masted steel barque.
- 275,2 miles/day — total 3,578 miles
- 1933-12-18-30 Priwall, German four-masted steel barque.
14 days
- 273,9 miles/day — total 3,834 miles
- 1926-11-24—12-08 Herzogin Ceclie, Finnish four-masted steel barque.
17 days
- 300 miles/day — total 5,100 miles
- 1875 Melbourne, 1865 nrt, British iron fullrigged ship.
20 days
- 271,1 miles/day — total 5,422 miles
- 1928-11-10—30 Herzogin Ceclie, Finnish four-masted steel barque.
Updated 1996-09-27 by
Lars Bruzelius
Sjöhistoriska Samfundet | The Maritime History Virtual Archives.
Copyright © 1996 Lars Bruzelius.