Gazelle

A clipper ship built in 1851 by William H. Webb, New York, as Yard No. 59. Dimensions 182'×38'×21' and tonnage 1244 tons Old Measurement. The original figurehead was considered too inartistic and was replaced with a billet head.

1851 January 21: Launched at the shipyard of William H. Webb, New York, for Taylor & Merrill, New York.
1851: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 135 days under command of Captain Henderson.
1851: Sailed from San Francisco to Hong Kong in 44 days under command of Captain Dollard.
1851: Sailed from Hong Kong to New York in 98 days.
1852 ____ - October 1: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 136 days.
1852 October 2: Collided with a Spanish ship off Cape Horn and lost her jibboom, all headgear, the cutwater and part of the stem.
1852: Sailed from San Francisco to Hong Kong in 39 days.
1852: Sailed from Hong Kong to New York in 99 days.
1853 June 9: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 119 days.
1853: Sailed from San Francisco to Hong Kong in 43 days.
1853: Sailed from Hong Kong to New York in 91 days.
1854 _____ - September 27: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 114 days.
1854 October 14: Left San Francisco for Hong Kong.
1854 November 19: Was dismasted in a typhoon 35 days out in position 21° N, 141° E. She was subsequently condemned in Hong Kong and sold to Peruvian owners for $ 13.500 and was renamed Cora.
1861-62: Owned by E. Bates & Co., Liverpool, under the name Henry Puddemsey.

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Clipper ships, general references.

Updated 1999-02-18 by Lars Bruzelius

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