Donald McKay
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Donald McKay (1810–1880) was a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships.
He was born in Jordan Falls on Nova Scotia's South Shore. In 1841, he opened his first yard in Newburyport and moved to Boston in 1845. McKay designed and built some of the most successful clippers ever built.
[edit] McKay's clippers
- Champion of the Seas
- Flying Cloud
- Glory of the Seas
- Great Republic
- Lightning
- Sovereign of the Seas, named after HMS Sovereign of the Seas.
During the American Civil War he was contracted by the US Navy to build the USS Nausett, one of the few Casco-class monitors to be commissioned.
He designed and built the Flying Cloud - 89 days from New York To San Francisco.
There is a monument to McKay in South Boston, near Fort Independence, overlooking the channel, that lists all his ships. There were more than 30.
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| Clipper ships, designers & builders | |
|---|---|
| British-built clippers | |
| Ariel | Blackadder |Challenger | Cutty Sark | Flying Cloud | Hallowe'en | Leander | Lothair | Norman Court | Sir Lancelot | Tayleur | Thermopylae | Taitsing | |
| American-built clippers | |
| Champion of the Seas | Flying Cloud | Great Republic | Lightning | |
| British designers and builders | |
| Hercules Linton | William Lithgow | Scott & Linton | |
| American designers and builders | |
| Donald McKay | Nathaniel Palmer | |
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