Bonita

A medium clipper ship built in 1853 by E. & H.O. Briggs, South Boston, MA, to the design of Captain James Huckins, Boston. Dimensions: 182'×36'×22'6" and tonnage 1127 32/95 tons.

1853 May 12: Launched at the shipyard of E. & H.O. Briggs, South Boston, MA, for Captain James Huckins, Boston. Put on the California trade under Captain Chas. F. Winsor.
1853 June 21 - November 9: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 141 days.
1853 May 25 - September 26: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 124 days under command of Captain L.G. Hollis.
1854 May 26 - September 26: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 118 days.
1856 November 30 - March 15: Sailed from Shanghai to London under command of Captain Freeman Hatch.
1857 April 17: Left London for Calcutta with a cargo of railroad iron.
1857 June 18: Put into Algoa Bay in a leaking condition and was condemned.

References:

Clipper ships, general references.
McLean, Duncan: The New Clipper Ship Bonita of Boston.
Boston Daily Atlas, June 9, 1853.

Updated 1997-07-10 by Lars Bruzelius

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