1854 April 19 
     Launched at the shipyard of Donald McKay, East Boston, for the
     Black Ball Line, Liverpool. 
1854 June 
854 June 
     Sailed from New York to Liverpool in 29 days under command of
     Captain Alexander Newlands. 
1854 October 11 - December 26 
     Her maiden voyage Liverpool - Melbourne took 75 days during which
     a 24 hour run of 465 miles was recorded. 
1855 
     Sailed Melbourne-Liverpool in 84 days. 
1855 
     Sailed Liverpool-Melbourne in 83 days under command of Captain
     John McKirby. 
1855 
     Sailed from Melbourne to Liverpool where she arrived on January 25,
     1856, in 90 days. 
1856 
      Sailed Liverpool-Melbourne in 85 days. 
1857 August 10 
     Sailed with troops for India from Portsmouth to the Bay of Bengal
     together with James Baines. Arrived at Sandheads after 101 days. 
1860 January 1 - March 26 
     Sailed Melbourne-Liverpool in 85 days. 
1866 
     Sold to Thomas Harrison and Thomas Sully Stowe for £ 9750,
     but chartered back to the Black Ball Line for three more voyages until
     September 1868, after which she was put into general trading. 
1874 February 
     After having found that she was badly affected by dry rot she was
     subsequently sold to A. Cassels of Liverpool for £ 7500. 
1875 July 
     Arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong after 39 days under
     command of Captain Wilson. 
1855 October 5 
     Arrived at Callao after 45 days from San Francisco. 
1877 
     January 3rd, abandoned off Cape Horn in leaking condition with a
     cargo of guano. The crew was saved by the British barque Windsor. 

Select Bibliography:

"The Editor": Was she Really the Champion of the Seas. 
Sea Breezes Vol. 64 (1990), pp 453-456, ill. 
     McLean, Duncan: The New Clipper Champion of the Seas. The
     Boston Daily Atlas, Vol. XXII, No. 274, Saturday, May 20, 1854. 
     Reprinted in NRJ Vol. 25 (1979), pp 33-35. 
     Stammers, Michael K.: The Passage Makers. Teredo Books, Brighton,
     1978.