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Thread #54665   Message #847606
Posted By: Charcloth
14-Dec-02 - 11:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Flying Cloud
Subject: RE: Origins: The Flying Cloud
I don't know if this is what you are looking for or not but, "The Flying Cloud" was a clipper ship built by Shipwright Donald McKay, She was launched in 1851. Her first voyage she averaged 314 miles per day for 4 days. Among the captains she had were Cpt. Creesy, Cpt. Alexander Winsor. Her crew was made up of 101 men
1 Cpt., 4 mates, 2 Boatswains, 2 Carpenters, 2 Sailmakers, 3 Stewards, 2 cooks, 75 Able seamen, & 10 "boys before the mast"
she was burned for whatever metal they could salvage in June of 1875
See the book "The Frigate Constitution & Other Historical Ships"
I hope this was useful
Charcloth