Fiery Cross

An extreme clipper ship built in 1860 by Chaloner, Liverpool, and designed by William Rennie. Her dimensions were 185'0"×31'7"×19'2" and tonnage: 695 NRT. Equipped with steel masts and Cunningham's roller-reefing top-sails.

1860: Launched at the shipyard of Chaloner, Liverpool, for John Campbell, Glasgow.
1861 June 11 — September 23: Sailed from Foochow to London in 104 days with a cargo of tea under command of John Dallas.
1862 May 28 — September 29: Sailed from Foochow to London in 122 days with a cargo of tea under command of Captain R. Robinson.
1862 November 1 — January 30: Sailed from London to Hong Kong in 90 days.
1863 May 27 — September 7: Sailed from Foochow to London in 103 days with a cargo of tea.
1863 November 8 — February 8: Sailed from London to Shanghai in 92 days.
1864 May 29 — September 20: Sailed from Foochow to London in 114 days with a cargo of tea.
1864 October 29 — January 29: Sailed from London to Hong Kong in 92 days (88 days pilot to pilot).
1865 May 28 — September 11: Sailed from Foochow to London in 106 days with a cargo of tea.
1866 May 29 — September 8: Sailed from Foochow to London in 102 days with a cargo of tea.
1867 June 4 — September 23: Sailed from Foochow to London in 111 days with a cargo of tea under command of Captain Kirkup.
1868 June 2 — October 1: Sailed from Foochow to London in 121 days with a cargo of tea under command of Captain Beckett.
1869 September 24 — January 7: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 105 days with a cargo of tea under command of Captain Middleton.
1870 September 16 — January 10: Sailed from Canton to London in 116 days with a cargo of tea under command of Captain Murray.
1871 October 4 — January 26: Sailed from Yokohama to New York in 114 days with a cargo of tea.
1872 December 4 — April 2: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 119 days with a cargo of tea.
1874: Sold to J. Morrison & Co., London.
1875 August 6 — March 2: Sailed from Foochow to London in 209 days with a cargo of tea under command of Captain Bates.
1877: Sold to G.P. Addison, London.
1883: Sold to William Wright, London.
1887: Sold to J. Gilbody, London.
1887: Sold to owners in Fredrikstad, Norway, and renamed Ellen Lines.
1889: One source says that she was towed into Sheerness with her cargo of coal on fire and eventually sank in Stangate Creek on the Mersey.
1893 November 21: According to Captain Daniel, she stranded on the the Red Sand near Whitstable with cargo of lathwood from Skellefteå. The master during 1891-1893 was Christopherson.

Updated 1996-04-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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