Dashing Wave

A medium clipper ship built in 1853 by Fernald & Pettigrew, Portsmouth, NH. Her dimension were 181'8"×39'6"×21'3" and tonnage 1180 tons OM and 1054 tons NM.

1853 July 15: Launched at the shipyard of Fernald & Pettigrew, Portsmouth, NH, for Samuel Tilton & Co., Boston. Captain John B. Fisk previously commander of the Nightingale.
1853 October 4: Left Boston for Philadelphia.
1853 November 27: Sailed from Philadelphia to San Francisco via Valparaiso.
1858: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 107 days under command of Captain Young. This was the fastest passage for that year.
1859-1866: Captain David R. Lecraw.
1866 April: Sold to Washington Libby & Co.
1866/67: Captain Carlton.
1868-1869: Captain Mayhew.
1900: Sold to Thomas Scott & J.A. Stewart, Tacoma.
1902: Sold to Taku Canning Co. for $6000 and was reduced to a barge.
1922: Stranded on the mud flats at Seymour Narrows and became a total loss.

Updated 1997-03-22 by Lars Bruzelius

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