Passages

Atlantic, Eastbound

New York - Liverpool

12 days: 1854, Red Jacket (1853), 2305 tons. Sandy Hook to Bell Buoy.
12 days 8 hours: 18__, Adelaide (18__), ____ tons. Boston to Liverpool.
13 days 8 hours: 1859, Dreadnought (1853), 1413 tons.
13 days 11 hours: 1854 November, Dreadnought (1853), 1413 tons. Sandy Hook to anchorage in the Mersey.
13 days 19 hours: 1853, Sovereign of the Seas (1853), 2421 tons.

Boston - Liverpool

12 days 6 hours: 1854, James Baines (1854), 2515 tons. Boston to Rock Light.
13 days 20 hours: 1854 February 18—, Lightning (1854), 2083 tons. Boston Light to Rock Light, Liverpool.

Atlantic, Westbound

Leith - New York

13½ days: 1892 February. Barque Procyon (1892), W.S. Crowdar, Dundee. 2122 GRT.

Liverpool - New York

15 days: 1860, Andrew Jackson (185_), 1676 tons. Rock Light to Sandy Hook.
16 days: 1846-11-02—18, Yorkshire, Black Ball Line.
18 days: 1854 February, Dreadnought (1853), 1413 tons.

America, East Coast to West Coast

New York - San Francisco

89 days 8 hours: 1854, Flying Cloud (1851), 1782 tons.
89 days 21 hours: 1851, Flying Cloud (1851), 1782 tons.
90 days 12 hours: 1859-12-25—03-24, Andrew Jackson (1855), 1679 tons.
90 days: 1852 Swordfish (1851), 1036 tons.
92 days: 1853, Flying Fish (1851), 1505 tons.
93 days: 1853, John Gilpin (1852), 1089 tons.
94 days: 1856, Sweepstakes (1853), 1735 tons.
96 days: 1851, Surprise (1850), 1361 tons.
96 days: 1854, Romance of the Seas (1853), 1782 tons.

Europe to Australia

Gothenburg — Port Germain

71 days: 1936 C.B. Pedersen (1892), Swedish four-masted steel barque.

Greenock — Maryborough, Queensland.

69 days: 1883 Maulesden, iron full-rigged ship.

Hamburg — Spencer Gulf

66 [67] days: 1933, Padua (1926), four-masted steel barque.
66 [67] days: 1933, Priwall (1917), four-masted steel barque.

Liverpool to Melbourne

61 days: 1877, iron ship Ben Voirlich (dock to dock).
61 days: 1861, Marco Polo (1851), 1625 tons.
63 days: 1854, James Baines (1854), 2515 tons.
64 days 3 hours: 1854 August 20—October 23, Lightning (1854), 2083 tons.
67 days 13 hours: 1854, Red Jacket.

London to Melbourne

60 days: 1869, composite ship Thermopylae (1868), 948 tons. (pilot to pilot).
61 days: 1870, composite ship Thermopylae (1868), 948 tons.
63 days: 1874-1875, Ben Voirlich iron full-rigged ship.

Australia to Europe

Melbourne to Liverpool

63 days: 1853, Lightning (1854), 2083 tons.
64 days: 1856, Heather Belle (<:1856), 479 tons.

Wallaroo, Spencer Gulf — Queenstown

66 days: 1894, Swanhilda (1890), four-masted steel barque.

Sydney to Lizard Point

67 days: 1885, composite ship Cutty Sark (1869) 963 tons.
68 days: 1869, iron ship Patriarch (<1869), 1339 tons.

Great Britain to India

London to Bombay

77 days: 1863 The Tweed (<1863), 1745 tons.

Lizard Point to Madras

79 days: 1863, Hotspur (<1863), 1050 tons.

Portsmouth to Calcutta

87 days: 1857, Lightning (1854), 2083 tons.

Great Britain to China

London to Hong Kong

80 days: 1866—1867, composite ship Ariel (865), 853 tons. [Against the monsson]
88 days: 1857, Northfleet (<1857), 951 tons.
88 days 7 hours: 1858, Northfleet (<1857), 951 tons.

China to Great Britain

Foochow to London

89 days: 1869, Sir Lancelot (1865), 886 tons.
91 days: 1869, composite ship Thermopylae (1868), 948 tons.
93 days: 1871, composite ship Titania (1866), 879 tons.
97 days: 1868, composite ship Spindrift (1867), 899 tons.
97 days: 1868, composite ship Ariel (1865), 853 tons.
97 days: 1870, Lahloo (1867), 799 tons.
98 days: 1868, Sir Lancelot (1865), 886 tons.
99 days: 1866, composite ship Ariel (865), 853 tons.
99 days: 1866, composite ship Taeping (1863), 767 tons.
99 days: 1866 Serica (1863), 708 tons.

Great Britain to United States of America

Europe to West Coast of South America

Hamburg to Iquique

57 days: 1903, five-masted steel ship Preussen (1902), 4788 tons.
62 days: 1904, five-masted steel ship Preussen (1902), 4788 tons.
62 days: 1904, five-masted steel ship Preussen (1902), 4788 tons.

Hamburg to Valparaiso

64 days: 1897, five-masted barque Potosi (1895), 3344 tons.
66 days: 1901, five-masted barque Potosi (1895), 3344 tons.

United States of America to Great Britain

United States of America to San Francisco

San Francisco to East Coast of United States

China to United States

Miscellaneous

Cape Town to Melbourne

19 days 16 hours: 1854, extreme clipper ship Red Jacket.

Cape Town to Newcastle, NSW

14 days: 1898, iron ship Drumalis.
14 days 12 hours: 1900, four-masted steel barque Andorinha (1892), 3264 tons.

Updated 1998-02-22 by Lars Bruzelius.

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