Herald of the Morning

A medium clipper ship built in 1853 by Hayden & Cudworth, Medford, MA, to the design of Samuel H. Pook. Her dimensions were 203'×38'×23'6" and tonnage: 1294 tons OM, 1108 tons NM. Rigged with skysails on all masts.

Griffiths gave a description of the ship on pp 407-408 in Volume III (1855-56) of the U.S. Nautical Magazine and also published Calculations of Clipper Ship Herald of the Morning by Samuel H. Pook in the same volume

On December 7, 1855, the Mauritius Commercial Gazeteer wrote that the bow of the Herald of the Morning was "so sharp as to take the form of a razor, the keel forming the edge; there are no rails at the bow, which is quite unencumbered."

1853 December: Launched at the shipyard of Hayden & Cudworth, Medford, MA, for Z. Magoun, Boston.
1854 January 21: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 106 days. Capt. Otis Baker, Jr.
1855 February 5 - May 16: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 100 days 6 hours anchor to anchor, and 99 days, 12 hours pilot to pilot.
1857 November 15: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 132 days. Capt. Lothrop.
1858 November 22 - March 18: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 116 days.
1860 February 7 - May 25: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 108 days.
1861 March 23 - August 16: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 146 days.
1863 May 16 - September 20: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 127 days. Carried the first rails and a locomotive for the Central Pacific Railroad.
1864 October 16 - February 17: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 124 days.
1866 June 3: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 124 days under command of Capt. Cyrus Sears of West Yarmouth.
1867 October 15: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 124 days.
1868 May 6 - September 1: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 118 days under command of Capt. Alexander Winsor.
1869 April 14 - August 20: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 128 days.
1870 June 15 - November 9: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 147 days.
1872: Captain Daniel McLaughlin late of the same owner's ship Swallow.
1875: Sold to James B. Tibbets and Isaac Benham for $25.000.
1879: Sold to at Arendal, Norway, and was rigged as a barque.
1890: Owned by W.J. Smith, London.

References:

Clipper ships, general references.
[McLean, Duncan]: The New Clipper Ship Herald of the Morning.
Boston Daily Atlas, 1854, January 11.

Updated 2001-02-03 by Lars Bruzelius

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