North America

An extreme clipper ship built in 1851 by Donald McKay, East Boston. Dimensions 205'×39'×22' and tonnage 1464 tons.

1851 September: Launched at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, for Nickerson & Co., Boston.
1852 April 3: Sailed from New York with 471 passengers for San Francisco under command of Capt. Austin.
1852 May 25: Put into Rio de Janeiro for repairs and left after three days on May 28.
1852 July 5: Put into Valparaiso for water and supplies and sailed again on July 10.
1852 September 1: Arrived to San Francisco 151 days out from New York.
1854: Maury records that she sailed from the latitude of Cape St Roque to 50°S in 20 days.
18__: Sold to ... and was renamed Louisa Canevora.
18__: Sold to Costa Rican owners and renamed Little Willie.
1878 September 20: Sold to Friedrich Scheel & Co., Hamburg, and was renamed Wilhelm.
1878/1879: Sailed from Mejillones to Hamburg.
1878-1879: Captain C. Nissen.
1879-1880: Captain J. Früchtennicht.
1880 November 9: Sold to Willshaw, Valparaiso.

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Updated 1997-05-04 by Lars Bruzelius