Tinqua

An extreme clipper ship built in 1852 by George Raynes, Portsmouth, NH. Her dimensions were 145'×31'9"×19' and tonnage 668 tons. The ship was named after an important business contact of the owners in China and the figurehead was a Chinese [?] dragon.

1852 October 2: Launched at the shipyard of George Raynes, Portsmouth, NH, for Olyphant & Co., New York. Captain Jacob D. Whitmore was given command of the ship.
1852 November 24 - March 19: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 115 days. She sailed 2666 miles in the first 14 days and was within 153 miles of the Equator or in 2°33'N 13 days out.
1853: Sailed from San Francisco to Whampoa in via Honolulu, the last leg took 33 days.
1853 August 15 - December 9: Sailed from Whampoa to New York in 116 days or 74 days from Anjer.
1854 February 9 - June 12: Sailed from Philadelphia to San Francisco in 122 days [Cutler has 123 days].
1854: Sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu in 14 days.
1854: Sailed from Honolulu to Shanghai in 31 days.
1854 September 14: Sailed from Shanghai for New York with a cargo of a value at $300.000.
1855 January 12: Wrecked on the outer shoal off Cape Hatteras. The ship was valued at $40.000 at the time of the loss.

Updated 1997-03-25 by Lars Bruzelius

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