Sunny South
An extreme clipper ship built in 1854 by George Steers, Williamsburg, NY.
154'×31'4"×16'6" 776 tons. [McGregor: 135'4"×30'4"×17'3"]
- 1854 October 7
- Launched at the shipyard of George Steers, Williamsburg, NY, for Napier, Johnson & Co., New York. Captain Michael B. Gregory.
- 1854 November 21 - April 12
- Sailed from New York to San Francisco in 143 days after having put into Rio de Janeiro.
- 1856 March 1
- Sailed from New York for ...
- 1858 April 14
- Arrived in New York from Santos.
- 1859
- Sold to Havana for $18.000 and was renamed
[Em]manuela.
- 1860 March 5
- Cleared from Havana for Hong Kong unde Chilean
flag.
- 1860 August 10
- Captured by the British screw sloop-of-war HMS
Brisk in the Mozambique Channel with more than 800 slaves aboard.
Condemned as a prize and sold to the Royal Navy to be used as a cruiser.
Eventually renamed Enchantress and used as a store ship on the African
coast.
- 1861 February 20
- Wrecked in the Mozambique Channel.
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Updated 1997-03-22 by Lars Bruzelius.
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