Hurricane

An extreme clipper ship built in 1851 by Isaac C. Smith, Hoboken, NJ, USA. Her dimensions were 215'0"×40'0"×22'0" and tonnage 1608 tons [OM]. The dead-rise at half-breadth was 41 inches.

Equipped with Cunningham's roller-reefing topsails and a moon-sail on the main mast. The name of the ship was painted across the lower part of the fore-topsail.

A gilded eagle carrying a ribbon with the ship's name decorated her stern.

1851: Launched at the shipyard of Isaac C. Smith, Hoboken, NJ, for C.W. & H. Thomas, New York. Her first master was Captain Samuel Very, Jr.
1851 December 17: Sailed from New York for San Francisco.
1852 January 2: The fore and main topmasts and mizzen topgallant mast were carried away in a squall when in 16°N.
1852 January 28: Put into Rio de Janeiro for repairs after having crossed the Equator 27 days out in spite of the accident.
1852: Arrived at San Francisco after 120 days from New York. The time from Rio de Janeiro was 66 days, a time which has only been beaten once.
1852 October 20: Arrived at San Francisco from Whampoa in 43 days.
1852/1854: Sailed from San Francisco to Hong Kong in 44 days.
1853 February 12: Sailed from Whampoa to New York in 94½ days.
1853 August 9: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 123 days.
1853 December 31 — April 6: Sailed from San Francisco to New York in ballast and reached her destination after 96 days.
1854 May 26: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 100 days.
1854 September 21: Sailed from San Francisco to Hong Kong in 40 days.
1855 February 3: Sailed from Saugor, Calcutta, to London in 100 days.
1855 August 12: Sailed from London to Calcutta in 82 days 6 hours (between The Needles and the mouth of Hooghly).
1856 Jan 10 — May 13: Sailed from Calcutta to London in 124 days (to Gravesend).
1856 October 5: Arrived at Hong Kong from London in 103 days.
1857 January 20 — March 13: Sailed from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 51 days.
1857 June 16 — September 28: Sailed from San Francisco to New York in 104 days.
1857-1858: Laid up in New York.
1859 January 8 — May 30: Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 142 days under command of Captain Sherman.
1860 early: Sold in Singapore for $ 30.000 and was registered as a British vessel. Her new name was Shaw-Allum of Singapore.
1876: Appears in the registers for the last time.

References:

Clipper Ships, general references.

Updated 1999-04-13 by Lars Bruzelius.

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