Minnehaha

A medium clipper ship built in 1856 by Donald McKay, East Boston, MA. Dimensions: 209'×41'10"×28'4" and tonnage 1698 tons, old measurements.

1856 March 22: Launched at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, for R.W Cameron & Co. [Agents], New York. [Cutler has 1856]
1856: Sailed to Australia on her maiden voyage with Captain Beauchamp in command.
1862 January: Rescued the crew of the Waverley on voyage from Moulmein to Queenstown. ... were landed at Table Bay on February 4.
1862 May: Sold to Samuel G. Reed & Co., Boston, for $ 62.500.
1862 July 21: Sailed from New York for San Francisco with a cargo of coal for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Under command of Captain Hopkins.
1862: Put into Rio de Janeiro in a leaking condition 70 days out of New York after having met with heavy gales in the South Atlantic.
1862 November 6 - February 17: Sailed from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco in 103 days.
1863: Sailed from San Francisco to Callao in 48 days to load guano for England.
1864 __ - November 20: Sailed from London to San Francisco in 189 days with a cargo of coal. Under command of Captain David Bursley. Durning the voyage the cargo shifted during a pampero off Rio de la Plata. The head was carried away, the bulwarks, galley and round house were stove in during the pampero which lasted for 16 hours.
1867 September __ - October 20: Sailed from Yokohama to Honolulu in 29 days.
1867 November 4 - November 20: Sailed from Honolulu to Baker's Island in 16 days.
1867 December 3: Wrecked on a reef at Baker's Island in a storm which lasted for 60 hours. The ship was insured for $ 56.000.

References:

Clipper ships, general references.
Howe, Octavius T. & Matthews, Frederick C.: American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. 1926. pp 33-35.
McKay, Richard: Some Famous Sailing Ships and Their Builder Donald McKay. 1928. pp 210-225.

Updated 1999-02-17 by Lars Bruzelius

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