Crest of the Wave

A fullrigged wooden extreme clipper ship built in 1853 by William Pile, Sunderland. Her dimensions were 184'3"×32'3"×20'1" and tonnage: 924 tons OM and 856 tons NM. 805 GRT, 759 NRT and 669 tons under deck. She had a 46 ft long forecastle and poop of 55 ft.

D.R. McGregor calculates her under deck coefficient to 0,56.

Rigged with three skysails but reduced to barque-rig before 1879.

1853
Launched at the shipyard of William Pile, Sunderland, for Brice, Friend & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the Official British No. 15990 and signal LVNW. Employed in the China tea trade.
1854
Sailed to Melbourne in 73 days,
1854 October 20 - February 17
Sailed from Shanghai to Liverpool in 120 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1857 May 25 - September 28
Sailed from Foochow to London in 126 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1858 April 17- August 13
Sailed from Whampoa to London in 118 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1859 June 16 - November 10
Sailed from Foochow to London in 147 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1860 August 20 - January 8
Sailed from Foochow to London in 141 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1862 December 29 - April 16
Sailed from Shanghai to Liverpool in 108 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Steele.
1864 February 27 - June 19
Sailed from Hong Kong to Liverpool in 113 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain Ellis.
1865
LR 1865-66: In command of Captain Ellis.
1866
LR 1865-66: In command of Captain S. Saunders.
1867
Sold to Wright Bros, London.
1870 February 1 - May 24
Sailed from Yokohama to New York in 112 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain Crombie.
1870 September 9 - February 8
Sailed from Newcastle to Yokohama in 151 days.
1871
LR 1870-71: In command of Captain Crombie.
1871 November 21 - February 28
Sailed from Canton to London in 99 days with a cargo of tea. In command of Captain J. Harris.
1872
LR 1872-73: In command of Captain J. Harris.
1877
Sold to Bullard, King & Co., London.
1879
LR 1879-80: In command of Captain J. Harris.
1880 December
Sold to Johannes Andersson and Alfred Theodor Strömberg, Göteborg, and was renamed Gurli.
1881-1891
In command of Captain Alfred Theodor Strömberg.
1887
Sold to Alfred Theodor Strömberg, Göteborg.
1891 Maj
Sold in Swansea to T.G. Tarabochia, Trieste, and was renamed Tomaso T..
1892 September
Condemnd.
There is a lithograph of the Crest of the Wave by J.R. Isaac.

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