Raynes, Geo., builder, Portsmouth, N. H., 52-3, 59, 136, 141, 152, 168, 250, 350, 353
Rebekah, clipper barque, 366
Record days’ runs, 179, 278;
see Best days’ runs
Record passages:
transatlantic, 221, 247, 309 (steamer);
California, westward, 144, 145-6, 175, 178, 295, 296-8, 298-300 (in sections);
eastward, 227;
Pacific, 195-6, 218;
China, 74, 329, 336-7;
Australian, 281, 287, 333-4
Red Gauntlet, Cal. clipper ship, 233, 306, 359
Red Jacket, clipper ship, Australian service, 247, 270-2, 337, 346
Red Rover, Cal. clipper ship, 216, 355;
records, 253, 283, 368
Reed, Capt. Saml., Red Jacket, 272
Reindeer, ship, 56
Reporter, Cal. clipper ship, 345, 359, 368
Republic, packet ship, 52
Rescue, Boston wrecking steamer, 275
Resolute, clipper ship, 291
Resource, ship, 16
Rhinebeck, 47
Rhone, packet ship, 41, 44
Richardson, Capt. Josiah, Stag Hound, 144, 178, 350;
Staffordshire, 342, 352
Richie, Capt. A. A., Fairfield, Cal., 189
Ringleader, Cal. clipper ship, 359;
records, 284, 290, 297, 299, 367, 368, (to Melbourne)
—— later ship, 340
Robert C. Winthrop, Boston ship, 255
Robert Lowe, Brit. aux. steamer, 331
Roberts, Capt., Storm, 355
Robin Hood, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 361;
records, 299, 369
Robinson, Capt. Richard, tea clippers, 199, 326, 335
Rockland, ship, 345
Rodger & Co., London, owner of Taeping, 330
Rogers, S., Salem, owner, 136
—— Capt. Wm. C., Witchcraft, 140-1, 350
Romance of the Seas, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 233, 302, 345, 359;
records, 248, 249, 296, 297, 367
Roosevelt & Joyce, builders, N. Y., 209, 232
Ropes, Capt. John F., John Gilpin, 345
Roscoe, packet ship, 41, 47
Roscius, packet ship, 40, 43
Rose, Brit. clipper schooner, opium trade, 59
Ross, Sir John, explorer, 84
Rousseau, Phila. ship, China trade, 16
Rowland, Capt., Mary L. Sutton, 364
Royal Charter, Brit. iron aux. steamer, 287
Royal William, first vessel to cross Atlantic by steam power, 313
Rufus Choate, Boston ship, 255
Russell, Capt., packets, 45
—— & Co., China merchants, 58, 63, 64, 70, 97, 303
Russell Sturgis, Boston ship, 255
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St. Andrew, packet ship, 46
St. Clair, packet ship, 52
St. George, packet ship, 54
St. Lawrence, Brit. merchant frigate, 36
St. Michael, schooner, 15
St. Patrick, Boston ship, 54
Salamis, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 333
Salter, Capt. Chas. H., Typhoon, 161, 189, 352
Samarang, 346
Sampson, ship, 16
Sampson & Tappan, Boston, owners of Nightingale, 136, 155, 165, 207, 303, 350, 351, 355
Samuel Appleton, Boston ship, 255, 300
Samuel Badger, ship, 161
Samuel Russell, clipper ship, China trade, 70, 77, 84, 85, 142, 162, 337, 341;
records to S. Francisco, 145, 298, 300, 365, 367
Samuels, Capt. Samuel, Dreadnought, 44, 244, 246-7
San Francisco passages:
Atlantic ports, 1849, 101, 145;
1850, 145-6;
1851, 174, 175, 178-81, 181-5, 189-94;
1852, 212-5, 217-8, 222;
1853, 224-8, 233;
1854, 248-9;
1855, 253, 254;
1856, 290, 306-7;
1857, 293-4, 295;
General, 69, 233-4, 365-9;
long, 193;
Pacific ports, 195, 211, 219
San Francisco, clipper ship, 367
Sancho Panza, Cal. clipper ship, 361
Santa Barbara, 86
Sapphire, packet ship, 51
Saracen, Cal. clipper ship, 361
Saratoga, packet ship, 43
Sargent, Capt. Henry, Phantom, 345
Saunders, Capt. Thos. M., Salem, from cabin boy to captain, 119-20
Savannah, ship, 47
—— first sailing ship with auxl. engine to cross Atlantic, 1819, 313
Schomberg, Brit. clipper ship, built for Australian service, 284-5
Scott, John, & Co., builders, Greenock, 208
Scott & Co., builders, Dumbarton, 372
Sea Serpent, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 141, 196, 211, 302, 350;
records, 175, 208, 224, 298, 366
Sea Witch, clipper ship, built for China trade, 68, 69, 73, 75-7, 136, 156, 337, 341;
passages, 68-9, 189-92 (race);
records, 145, 174, 208, 214, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 365
Seacomb & Taylor, owners, Boston, 270
Seaforth, Brit. ship, first vessel with steel spars and rigging, 322-3
Seaman, Cal. clipper ship, Baltimore, 136, 174, 350;
records, 299, 300, 365
Sears, Capt., Robin Hood, 361
Seaver, Hon. Benj., Boston, 225
Seminole, ship, 369
Serica, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 320, 346, 371;
races, 324, 325-30
Severn, ship, 16
Shackfords, captains and builders, Portsmouth, N. H., 52
Shakespeare, packet ship, 40, 43, 48
Shand, Brit. ship, 344
Shaw, Maxton, & Co., owners, London, 319-20
Sheathing, copper, 61, 285, 320, 322;
yellow metal, 237
Sheer, 18, 237, 320
Sheffield, Capt. J. P., Hersilia, 77-80
Shelburne, N. S., 53, 217
Sheridan, packet ship, 40, 45, 48
Shoof, Capt., Black Hawk, 361
Shooting Star, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 173, 193, 337, 343, 352;
records, 214, 222, 298, 299, 366
Shuter, Thos. A., owner, London, 34
Siddons, packet ship, 40, 43, 48, 84
Sierra Nevada, Cal. clipper ship, 250, 283, 361;
records, 295, 296, 369
Silas Richards, packet ship, 40
Silsbee, Capt., Syren, 352
Silvia de Grasse, packet ship, 41, 47
Simmons, Capt., War Hawk, 363
Simonson, Capt., Daring, 362
Simoon, Cal. clipper ship, 355
Sir George Seymour, Brit. ship, 36
Sir Launcelot, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 324, 332-3, 335-6, 346, 371
Sir Robert Peel, packet ship, 48
Sirius, Brit. steamer, 313
Sirocco, clipper ship, 298, 299
Skiddy, Francis, 43
—— Capt. William, 43
Skylark, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 359
Smith, Adam, Wealth of Nations, 92
—— James, & Son, owners, N. Y., 106
—— Stephen, builder, 47
—— T. & W., builders, Newcastle, Eng., 35, 36
—— & Co., builders Hoboken, N. J., 152, 351
—— & Co., builders, St. John, N. B., 266
—— & Dimon, builders, N. Y., 45, 47, 65, 68, 70, 135, 349
—— Capt., 355, 362
Smyrna, brig, first Amer. vessel in Black Sea, 15
Snapdragon, Cal. clipper barque, 232, 299, 359
Sneeden & Whitlock, builders, Greenpoint, L. I., rebuilt Great Republic, 242
Snow & Burgess, owners, 304
Snow Squall, Cal. clipper ship, 284, 352
Somes, Jos., owner, London, 34, 35, 36
Sophia Branilla-Falcon, 347
South America, packet ship, 43
South Carolina, ship, first to leave S. Francisco in 1849, 101
Southampton, packet ship, 46
Southern Cross, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 195, 352
Sovereign, packet ship, 40
Sovereign of the Seas, Cal. clipper ship, 216-21, 235, 237, 281, 337, 344, 355;
speed, 220-1;
records: California, 213, 217, 299, 366;
N. Y.-L’pool, 220-1;
Australia, 269-70
—— No. 2, 258
—— No. 3, 341
Sparkling Wave, clipper ship, 300
Speed:
Conditions and tests, 9-10, 11, 39, 46, 71, 90, 134, 192, 198, 205, 243, 286, 294-5, 321, 336-7
Vessels built for, 57, 60
Speed of Brit. and Amer. frigates, 4, 8, 10;
E. Indiamen, 30, 35;
opium clippers, 59;
Amer. clippers, 135-6, 153, 193, 278, 282 (highest rate);
of Brit. tea clippers, 320-1, 324, 334, 335-6;
of steamers, 221, 278, 309
Speed in knots, 71, 161, 169, 178, 220, 251, 276, 278, 281, 282, 328;
average, 46, 180, 219-20, 245, 278, 338
Spicer, Capt., David Crockett, 356
Spindrift, Brit. clipper ship, tea trade, 332, 333, 335, 346, 371, 375
Spirit of the Age, Brit. clipper ship, 208
Spirit of the Times, Cal. clipper ship, 359
Spitfire, Cal. clipper ship, 359
Splendid, packet ship, 48
Spofford & Tillotson, N. Y.-L’pool packet line, 42-3
Spooner, see Borrows
Sprague & James, builders, Medford, 52, 58
Stadt Antwerpen, Belgian barque, 343
Staffordshire, Cal. clipper ship, 152, 193, 217, 342, 352;
records, 214, 300, 366
Stag Hound, Cal. clipper ship, 136, 142-3, 151, 205, 211, 216, 237, 337, 341, 350, 375;
records, 178, 195, 208, 298, 299, 365, 367
Star of Empire, packet ship, 270
Star of Peace, Brit. ship, Australian trade, 333
Starlight, Cal. clipper ship, 299, 361
Starr King, Cal. clipper ship, 255, 299, 362
Steele, Robt., & Son, builders, Greenock, 319, 320, 322, 324, 346, 347, 371, 372
Steers, Geo., designer and builder, 49, 250
Stephania, packet ship, 41
Stephen, Alex., builder, Glasgow, 322, 371
Stoddard, Capt., 349, 358
Stevens, Capt., Southern Cross, 352
Storm, Cal. clipper barque, 298, 355, 366
Storm King, Cal. clipper ship, 359
Stornoway, Brit. clipper ship, 198, 202, 205, 206-7, 376
Strabo, ship, 52
Sultana, barque, 56
Sunny South, clipper ship, China trade, 250;
slaver, 251
Supremacy, 339;
American, 311, 314;
British, 210
Surprise, Cal. clipper ship, 135, 136-8, 174-5, 196, 202, 205, 207-8, 271, 337, 341, 350;
records, 175, 195, 206, 208, 296, 297, 298, 299, 365
Susannah, Brit. E. Indiaman, 32
Sutton & Co., N. Y., owners, 106, 303
Sweepstakes, Cal. clipper ship, 232, 233, 301, 345, 359;
records, 289-90, 296, 297, 298, 299, 368;
log, 290
Sword Fish, Cal. clipper ship, 84, 152, 153, 159, 193, 206, 306, 337, 352;