Sweepstakes

Extreme clipper ship built in 1853 by Daniel and Aaron Westervelt, New York. Dimensions: 216'4"×41'6"×6'22" and tonnage 1735 ton old measurement.

1853 June 21: Launched at the shipyard of Daniel and Aaron Westervelt, New York, for Chambers & Heiser, New York. Stuck on the launching ways and got severly strained which caused $ 20.000 in repairs.
1853 September 3 — January 6: Sailed from New York under command of Captain George E. Lane to San Francisco in 125 days.
1854 April 1: Sailed from Macao to New York in 110 days.
1854 October 26 — February 21: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 119 days.
1856 February 20— May 25: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 95 days.
1856 December 6 — March 17: Sailed from Shanghai to New York in 100 days.
1857 May 9 — July 22: Sailed from New York to Bombay in 74 days. This one of the fastest passages on record between the two ports.
1857 December 30: Sailed from Bombay to New York in 80 days.
1859 January 23 — May 8: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 106 days. Captain Macgill succeded Captain Lane as master of the ship.
1860 March 6 — June 12: Sailed from Manila to New York in 98 days anchor to anchor.
1860 September 8 — December 11: Sailed from New York to Melbourne in 94 days.
1862 April 24: Arrived to Batavia in ballast from Adelaide after having been aground on a reef for ten hours in the Sunda Straits. Was condemned after having been inspected in dry-dock.
1862 May 13: Sold in Batavia for 15,000 florins to be broken up.

Updated 1996-06-30 by Lars Bruzelius.