Hornet (clipper)

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Career (United States)

Name:	Hornet
Owner:	Chamberlain & Phelps, New York.
Ordered:	Westervelt & MacKay, New York
Launched:	June 20, 1851
General characteristics
Class & type:	Extreme clipper
Tons burthen:	1426 tons
Length:	207 ft.
Beam:	40 ft.
Draft:	22 ft.^[1]

Hornet was an 1851 extreme clipper in the San Francisco trade, famous for its race with Flying Cloud.

Race with Flying Cloud

Hornet had a two day head start on Flying Cloud in their famous 1853 race. She left New York for San Francisco, April 26, 1853, with Flying Cloud departing two days later.

After the roughly 15,000 mile voyage around Cape Horn, both ships arrived in San Francisco harbor 106 days later at almost the same time, with Hornet sailing in just 45 minutes ahead of Flying Cloud.

Voyages

In 1866, Hornet took a cargo of candles, case oil, and oil in barrels from New York to San Francisco under Captain Josiah A. Mitchell.

Loss of the ship

Hornet caught fire and sank on May 3, 1866. The crew left the ship in three boats. The captain's boat reached Hawaii on June 15, 1866, but the two other boats disappeared.^[2]

Images

Hornet clipper ship card

References

↑ Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. pp. xvii. ISBN 0-07-014501-6.
↑ Bruzelius, Lars (1996-01-02). "Clipper Ships: "Hornet" (1851)". Hornet. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved June 7, 2010.

"The Saga of the Clipper Ship Hornet and the Ferguson Brothers of Stamford". The Stamford Historical Society, Newsletter Excerpt 49 (2). Retrieved 2013-02-26.
Brown, Alexander C. Longboat to Hawaii, An Account of the Voyage of the Clipper Ship HORNET of New York Bound for San Francisco in 1866. Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0870332015

v t e Clipper ships, designers & builders

American-built early clippers (in year order)	Anglona (1840) Ariel (1842) Houqua (1844)

American-built extreme clippers, 1845–1850 (in year order)	Rainbow (1845) Sea Witch (1846) Memnon (1848) Ticonderoga (1849) Game Cock (1850) Race Horse (barque) (1850) Sea Serpent (1850) Stag Hound (1850) Surprise (1850) Witchcraft (1850)

American-built extreme clippers, 1851–1855	Blue Jacket (1854) Challenger (1853) Champion of the Seas (1854) Comet (1851) Flying Cloud (1851) Golden West (1852) Great Republic (barque) (1853) Hornet (1851) Ino (1851) James Baines (1854) John Gilpin (1852) Lightning (1853) N.B. Palmer (1851) Nightingale (1851) Ocean Telegraph / Light Brigade (1854) Onward (1852) Red Jacket (1853) Sovereign of the Seas (1852) Sunny South (1854) Syren (1851) Sweepstakes (1853) Swordfish (1851) Westward Ho! (1852) White Swallow (1853) Witch of the Wave (1851) Young America (1853)

American-built medium clippers, 1851–1855	Andrew Jackson (1855) Antelope of Boston (1851) Carrier Dove (1855) Carrier Pigeon (1852) Celestial Empire (1852) Flying Childers (1852) Ganges (1854) Golden Fleece (1855) Harriet Hoxie (1851) Herald of the Morning (1853) Kingfisher (1853) Lookout (1853) Mary Robinson (1854)

American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1856–1859	King Philip (1856) Seminole (1865) Thatcher Magoun (1856)

American-built clippers and medium clippers, 1860s	Cremorne (1863) Shooting Star (1867)

British-built "Aberdeen" clippers, 1839–1858	Challenger (1852) Lammermuir (1856) Lord of the Isles (1853) Mimosa (1853) Robin Hood (1856) Stornoway (1850)

British-built newer style clippers, 1859–1870	Ariel (composite) (1865) Blackadder (iron) (1870) Cimba City of Adelaide (composite) (1864) Cutty Sark (composite) (1869) Fiery Cross (1860) Flying Spur (1860) Hallowe'en (iron) (1870) Lahloo (composite) (1867) Lammermuir (composite) (1864) Leander (composite) (1867) Lothair (composite) (1870) Norman Court (composite) (1869) Serica (1863) Sir Lancelot (composite) (1865) Taeping (composite) (1863) Taitsing (composite) (1865) Tayleur (iron) (1864) Thermopylae (composite) (1868)

Dutch-built clippers	California Kosmopoliet Stad Amsterdam

Canadian-built clippers	Marco Polo (1851) Stag

American designers and builders	Curtis, James O. Curtis, Paul Curtis, Paul & Taylor Fernald & Pettigrew Griffiths, John Willis McKay, Donald Palmer, Nathaniel Pook, Samuel Hartt Webb, William H Westervelt, Jacob A.

British designers and builders	Linton, Hercules Lithgow, William Russell, John Scott Scott & Linton Pile, William

Surviving 19th Century clippers	City of Adelaide Cutty Sark

v t e Ships built by Westervelt & Co. (1817–1868)

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Clipper ships	Contest Eureka Hornet N.B. Palmer Sweepstakes

United States Navy ships	Brooklyn Kankakee Otsego Ottawa Westfield

Foreign governments and royal houses	Eusiyama Guadalquiver Hope

Full rigged ships	American Eagle Baltimore Constellation Francis P. Sage Margaret Evans Mediator Mercury Ocean Queen Oneida Prince Albert Rhine St. Denis St. Nicholas West Point William Tell

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