Kelso

A fullrigged wooden clipper ship built in 1861 by William Pile, Sunderland. Her dimensions were 150'0"×31'3"×18'5" and tonnage: 557 GRT, 557 NRT and 524 tons under deck. She had a raised quarter-deck 45 ft long.

Reduced to barque-rig before 1870.

D.R. McGregor has calculated her under deck coefficient to 0,60.

1861 February: Launched at the shipyard of William Pile, Sunderland, for J.R. Kelso, North Shields. Assigned the Official British No. 28595 and signal QBFJ. Employed in the China tea trade.
1861-1864: In command of Captain Coulson.
1862 July 17 - November 28: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 134 days with a cargo of tea.
1863 June 27 - October 23: Sailed from Whampoa to London in 123 days with a cargo of tea.
1864 June 25 - October 24: Sailed from Hong Kong to London in 121 days with a cargo of tea.
1865 September 1 - January 20: Sailed from Shanghai to London in 141 days under command of Captain Black.
1866 September 27 - January 28: Sailed from Canton to London in 123 days under command of Captain Black.
1867 October 23 - February 20: Sailed from Hong Kong to London in 120 days under command of Captain Barnet.
1868-1879: In command of Captain M. Vowell.
1869 January 8 - April 19: Sailed from Macao to London in 101 days with a cargo of tea.
1870 August 6 - December 8: Sailed from Amoy to New York in 124 days with a cargo of tea.
1871: Part of the keelson was replaced.
1871 September 25 - January 27: Sailed from Foochow to London in 124 days with a cargo of tea.
1880: Sold to R. Ross & Co., Liverpool.
1886: Sold to owners in Mandal, Norway was renamed Bayard.
1892 September: Posted missing.

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Clipper ships, general references.

Updated 1999-07-16 by Lars Bruzelius

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