Celestial

An extreme clipper ship built in 1850 by William H. Webb, New York, as Yard No. 53. Dimensions 158'×34'6"×19' and tonnage 860 tons.

1850 June 10: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Webb, New York, for Bucklin & Crane, New York.
1850 July 17 - November 1: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 105 days.
1850: Sailed from San Francisco to Hong Kong in 33 days.
1851: Sailed from Shanghai to New York in 117 days.
1851: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 108 days under command of Capt. Benjamin F. Palmer.
1852 May 8 - September 22: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 137 days with a cargo of tea.
1853 October 27 - January 31: Sailed from Foochow to London in 96 days with a cargo of tea.
1855 April 5 - August 25: Sailed from Shanghai to New York in ___ days.
1855 October 12 - January 5: Sailed from New York to Melbourne in 85 days.
1856 April 26 - August 27: Sailed from Shanghai to New York in 127 days.
1857 August - January 11: Sailed from Foochow to London in 98 days with a cargo of tea.
c1858: Sold to Spainish owners.
1861: Owned by Bartolomeo Blanco, New York.

Her final fate is not known.

References:

Clipper ships, general references.
Fairburn, William Armstrong: Merchant Sail.
Fairburn Education Foundation, Inc., Center Lover, ME, 1945-1955. 6 vols.
Howe, Octavius T. & Matthews, Fredric C.: American Clipper Ships 1833-1858.
Marine Research Society, Salem, 1926-1927.

Updated 1998-04-12 by Lars Bruzelius.