Flying Yankee

A medium clipper built in 1852 by Isaac Dunham, Frankfort, ME, USA. Dimensions 170'8"x37'10"x23'4" and tonnage 1092 tons, old measuerments.

1852 December: Launched at the shipyard of Issac Dunham, Frankfort, ME, for the account of James Arey & Co. She had been built under the superintendence of Captain J.W. Arey.
1853: Sold to Manning, Stanwood & Co. and Thomas Gray, Boston, and was renamed Flying Arrow.
1853 January 20: Sailed from Boston for San Francisco under command of Captain Charles T. Treadwell.
1853 January 24: Was totally dismasted in a violent squall.
1853 February 15: The drifting wreck was picked up by the steamship Great Western and towed to St Thomas where she arrived the following day. The Great Western was awarded $10.000 as salvage.
1853 August 10 - December 31: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 143 days under command of Captain Clark.
1854 June 26 - September 19: Sailed from Callao to New York via Hampton Roads in 85 days.
1855 November 28 - April 13: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 136 days under command of Captain Treadwell. Lost all the topgallant masts and damaged the steering aparatus in a gale seven days out.
1855: Sailed from San Francisco to Melbourne.
1855 November 9: Left Melbourne in ballast for Batavia.
1855 November 10: Was totally dis-masted and had to anchor off the reefs of New years Island, Bass Straits.
1855 November 16: The wreck was towed back to Melbourne by the steamship Marion which ship was awarded £1200 as salvage.
1856 January 16: Condemned and sold to G. Duncan & Co., London, for $15.000 and was renamed Wings of the Wind.
1857 January: Sold at auction in London to French owners.

References:

Clipper ships, general references.
McLean, Duncan: The New Ship Flying Arrow, of Boston.
The Boston Daily Atlas, January 11, 1853.

Updated 1998-08-24 by Lars Bruzelius

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