45.00° N · 35.00° W
1854 · Donald McKay
Extreme clipper · launched 1854
Champion of the Seas
Made the fastest day's run ever recorded under sail.
historical record
Built by Donald McKay in East Boston and launched April 1854.
On a run from Liverpool to Melbourne in December 1854, she logged 465 nautical miles in 24 hours, the fastest day's run ever recorded by a sailing ship.
The record was signed into the log by her captain, Alexander Newlands, and never formally beaten.
Wrecked in 1877 off the coast of Cape Horn while attempting the passage in ballast.
views of the piece
the build
- Case
- walnut and glass, with hand-drawn chart backing
- Status
- available
- Coordinates
- 45.00° N · 35.00° W
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